West Star Aviation announces it has received a Silver Award from the Colorado Governor’s Environmental Leadership Program (ELP). This is the third time West Star has received the Silver Award since it was first recognized as a Bronze Achiever in 2010.

On November 1, the National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) pledged to oppose the most recent action taken by city of Santa Monica officials regarding management and use of Santa Monica Airport (SMO).

Marietta, GA-based AeroSafe Products, Inc. announces that it has been appointed by Polychem of Chestnut Hills, NY as the Master Distributor for its Acrastrip 600 product for the worldwide aviation marketplace.

Businesses concentrate on the tangibles and measurables — “business by the numbers” as they say. This sounds like the way to go, making objective decisions based on objective criteria. Even quality systems are run by numbers.

D.O.M. magazine’s sister publication Helicopter Maintenancemagazine, the premier magazine for, by and about helicopter maintenance professionals, is accepting nominations for its 2013 Helicopter Mechanic of the Year award.

An icon once stated, “Ask not what the government can do for you but what you can do for the government.” Unfortunately, there are functions only the government can perform, like registering aircraft.

A maintenance facility representative recently asked me to explain what duties the facility might owe to an aircraft owner when the owner leaves his or her aircraft with the facility for service, other than the responsibility for performing repair or maintenance services on the aircraft as reques