American College Of Surgeons, Washington State's Aviation And Health Care Leaders Participate In Discussions
The American College of Surgeons (ACS) hosted nearly 80 health care and aviation industry leaders at its fifth Surgical Health Care Quality Forum on Wednesday, April 11, at The Rainier Club in Seattle, WA. The event brought together a diverse combination of leaders from Washington State's aviation and health care industries to champion effective quality improvement programs and best practices in checklists, standardization, culture shifts and transparency to make surgery safer and reduce health care costs.
We're In Tough Straits... But How Much Of That Is OUR Fault?
Cruising the exhibits and hallways of NBAA over the past few years, has been an exercise in quiet desperation. While much of the industry had resigned itself to suffering the unkind fate of bad press, negative attention from Washington, and a public image that was sliding from 'not so good' to 'pretty darn deplorable' this year's NBAA convention saw a whole new attitude taking shape.
Avionics Options Among The Key Approvals For Additional Certifications
The FAA has awarded several new STCs to Nextant Aerospace for its 400XT airplane. Among those are approvals for additional avionics options, many of which help to pave the way for final certification by EASA.
Appointment Became Effective Wednesday, Succeeds Retiring Rick Maloney
Robert H. Lewis has been named President and CEO of Pentastar Aviation, effective April 25th. He succeeds Rick Maloney, whose retirement from Pentastar last month capped an illustrious four-decade career in aviation. Lewis comes to Pentastar from an industrial services company, where he served as Senior Vice President, Corporate Development.
Pilatus has reported an increase in revenues and profit for 2011 despite the slow business aircraft market. The company reported an increase in turnover by almost 14% to $858 million, with a corresponding operating profit up nearly 23% to 108 million.
Read More
