Looking forward to growth again, albeit slow: Civil aviation has been waiting for the world to reopen to begin its recovery. But as well as free movement between countries and continents, recovery also relies on a healthy global economy. The financial forecast is not pleasing… national GDPs are expected to take significant plunges in the coming months and even years. However, some industries have been thriving in recent months, take online shopping for example. Encouragingly, with every country and industry in the world in a similar situation, there is a massive impetus to work together to achieve quick growth. Once the wheels of industry begin to turn to capacity again and productivity begins to climb to pre-COVID levels, full-throttle on the road to recovery will be inevitable.
Navigating the ever-changing travel restrictions and procedures being adopted and refined by different countries has been incredibly challenging for travelers, operators, and flight dispatchers. However, these efforts – along with proper sanitation processes – appear to be paying off. We are now seeing decent recovery already underway in global regions that were deeply impacted by the COVID pandemic. Although some other areas remain meshed in lockdowns with their borders closed, hopefully, it will only be a matter of time before they can rejoin the action and get things moving again.
Another positive is that many people’s confidence in the safety of travel at the moment seems strong. Take Europe, for example, the desire to travel does not seem to be impacted much with countries such as France, Spain, and Greece busy welcoming visitors. Unfortunately for residents of the US, many countries remain closed to them. But we are seeing HNWIs traveling and proving that people love to fly. In the future, we will see more corporate executives and business jet users begin to travel again, and this will be a happy day.
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Mitch Launius
Instructor Pilot for 30 West IP
Mitch is the CEO of 30 West IP where he is also an instructor providing pilot training on international procedures. With an illustrious career of over 34 years in the cockpit, Mitch has acquired over 13,000 hours of flight time flying worldwide, with over 9,000 hours of this in Challenger and Gulfstream aircraft. He is an experienced safety officer and was also an IS-BAO project manager for a fortune 500 flight department. He has presented on Safety and Operations topics at the NBAA International Operators Conference and the Canadian Business Aviation Association Convention and is currently on the NBAA International Operators Committee and serves as the North Atlantic Regional Lead. Mitch is also a member of an FAA working group on General Aviation International Authorizations and Tabletop Exercises (GIATE). He was recently selected to represent IBAC as a member of the ICAO Personal Training and Licensing Panel (PTLP) and was also recently named as a 2020 recipient of the NBAA Tony Kern Professionalism in Aviation Award for his contribution to the business aviation community.
Henry ‘Duke’ LeDuc
Director Of Operations, Americas, UAS International Trip Support
Duke has been a dearly respected member of UAS Americas team and the UAS global family for more than five years. A safety-oriented, FAA-licensed aircraft dispatcher, he oversees all of the operations of the elite UAS Operations Team. With twenty-five years of experience in aviation overall with more than fifteen years of experience in international flight planning and VVIP trip coordination, he is responsible for the development of the dispatch training program and involved in the strategic development of UAS Americas. With a myriad of rich aviation experience behind him, he has extensive experience in worldwide operations with both corporate and charter environments, including seven years as Operations/Dispatch Manager in an industry-leading, Fortune 500, IS-BAO Stage III Certified corporate flight department. Duke is frequently asked shares his knowledge at major industry events and is currently serving on the NBAA’s International Operators Conference (IOC) Planning Committee.
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Global Medical Director, Aviation Health, Medaire
Paulo has extensive experience in medical advisory in the aviation industry. As a cardiologist, he provides technical guidance and analysis for MedAire’s MedLink medical advisory service and is MedAire’s liaison with civil aviation regulators and industry associations. Paulo worked with Varig Brazilian Airlines for 23 years, 10 of which were spent as General Medical Manager. A member of the MedAire Medical Advisory Board, Paulo is also President of the Ibero-American Aerospace Medical Association, a member of the International Academy of Aerospace Medicine, a member of the National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) Safety Committee, a Fellow of the Aerospace Medical Association (AsMA), and a Fellow of the Civil Aviation Medical Association. Throughout his illustrious career, Paulo has held industry leadership roles including Chairperson of the AsMA’s Air Transport Medicine Committee, President of the Airlines Medical Directors Association, President of the Brazilian Society of Aerospace Medicine and was a member of the IATA Medical Advisory Group from 2002 to 2006.
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