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Dear Readers,

As time moves forward and my education continues, I knew someday I would have to let go of JetCheck and say goodbye. I know I’ve said this before but this time JetCheck is not coming back. I will be leaving JetCheck to move on to big and better things. In mid-late May, I will begin an internship with the Allegheny County Airport Authority (PIT and AGC) and starting in September will be an intern at Daytona Beach International Airport.

I cannot tell you how much I have learned from this experience. These past years of reading, writing, and getting involved in the news / social media side of the aviation industry have been incredible! I’ve had the opportunity to network, meet and interact with so many fantastic people and I hope that you will keep in touch. If we’re not connected on Twitter yet, I’m @JetCheck.

As for this website, the JetCheck.net domain will disappear eventually but I plan to maintain jonathanheckman.com (which currently redirects to JetCheck but will switchover soon).

There are plenty of great bloggers and aviation sites out there, so I hope you’ll find the links on the right-hand side of this page useful.

Blue skies!

Jonathan

Unfortunately I will be unable to post this week as I have a number of midterm exams and projects that will be taking up most of my time. The following week, I will be on vacation.

Blue skies!

JetCheck

A few months ago I informed you that I would be stepping back from the blog to concentrate on classes and activities at Embry-Riddle. Yet during this period, I had the opportunity to reflect on blogging and JetCheck.net.

For those of you familiar with JetCheck, I blogged the latest news in the airline, airport and aircraft manufacturing industries. While pondering JetCheck’s role and purpose, I realized that covering news and press-releases is not what this blog is all about. It’s really about learning and examining these industries while simultaneously developing and answering questions, thoughts and opinions based on history and data.

With that purpose in mind, I decided to get back to blogging by using a set schedule (which worked well in the past). On Mondays, I will write about a random airport; Wednesdays, a random airline; Fridays, aircraft manufacturing.

• Mondays – Airline
• Wednesdays - Airport
• Friday – Aircraft Manufacturing

Why the randomness? I had a fairly narrow focus; most of my writing was on domestic airlines and airports. In the last 6 months, I had the opportunity to travel to a few different parts of the world (Germany and Australia) which has motivated me to think beyond the United States. While flying foreign carriers and visiting airports abroad, I decided I needed to broaden my knowledge and spend more time learning these industries from an international perspective. Don’t worry, I will not exclude the U.S. from these new posts, but expect more international flavor in the posts.

I hope you will join me next week! Have a great weekend!