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August 2018 NEWS AND VIEWS FOR THE NEW YORK METRO AIRPORT COMMUNITY

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BY JEFF YAPALATERThe Port Authority is getting the JFK redevelopment pro-gram into high gear. It has just completed the fi rst two com-munity forums to introduce the program to the nearby areas and to elicit Southeast Queens community feedback, opinions and suggestions on a wide variety of issues. Fore-most and important is the mat-ter of jobs and opportunity ac-cording to both the Port and people who attended the meet-ings.

It was announced at the begging of the forums that this is the beginning of a process. The framework has been cre-ated by the Port but the meat on the bones was to be added after consultation and interac-tion with the communities. At this time, there have not been any formal commitments by investment groups nor air-lines nor terminal operators Port said.

Aviation Director Huntley Lawrence attended the fi rst

JEFF YAPALATEROver a hundred volunteers showed up to don safety vests and work gloves for a day of picking up foreign objects de-bris (FOD) at JFK Airport.

This annual clean-up brought Vaughn College stu-dents, airport service com-panies, airline personnel and Port Authority people together to work a couple of

areas near the tarmac to re-move potentially dangerous objects. Deputy General Man-ager for JFK, John Selden opened up the meeting before the actual work and stressed how important ridding the area of any kind of objects that could potentially fl atten an airplane tire, or fi nd it’s way in into an engine, much like the Captain Sully fl ight

in the Hudson River suffered a few years ago after a bird strike.

He thanked all the par-ticipants and let Teresa Riz-zuto take over as Operations Manager. Joe Clabby of CLPA supervised, Robbyn Stew-art handled logistics for the event with Otha Ward, a stu-dent intern, worked to make sure all the volunteers under-

stood what to pick up and how to dispose of the items.

Cleaners worked with the port Authority maintenance department and Royal Waste for providing the trash bins. People were having fun being slightly competitive with the debris they found of

old tires, bolts, piece of metal, wood, and even a tree

Some of the volunteers from Vaughn College, Port Authority, CLPA, Chamber of Commerce, and others who participated in the event.

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Jon Stone, of Analogic; Charles Everett, Acting GM JFK Airport; John Bambury, JFK TSA FSD; and Darryl Towns, American Airlines Director Government Affairs.

BY JEFF YAPALATERThe Transportation Security Ad-ministration (TSA) and American Airlines have launched a new 3-D computed tomography (CT) scanner in a checkpoint lane at John F. Ken-nedy International Airport (JFK). This technology enhances TSA’s ability to detect explosives and other prohibited items that may be inside a carry-on bag. It is called the Con-neCT Checkpoint Security System,

TSA and American Airlines gave

a close up look and demonstrated the new 3d ConneCXT checkpoint scan-ner at American Airlines terminal.

This unique technology en-hances the level of scrutiny and de-tection of prohibited items that are not allowed through the TSA secu-rity check-in. New 3-D imaging tech-nology enhances images of carry-on bags, allowing trained TSA agents to be able to see a three dimensional view of any object in the secondary

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Port Authority Chief Diversity and Inclusion Offi cer Michael Massiah talks about M/WBE.

American, TSA unveil 3D scanner

FOD-TASTIC TIMEJFK plan promises jobs and growth Students, airport personal team up for JFK clean-up

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BY JEFF YAPALATERGov. Andrew M. Cuomo took a fi fth trip for a “NY Stands with Puerto Rico Recovery and Re-building Initiative” to support ongoing recovery efforts on the island following last year’s devastating hurricanes.

The delegation traveling with the Governor included SUNY and CUNY Presidents and students, nonprofi t part-ners, labor leaders and elected offi cials. Members of the dele-gation participated in rebuild-ing efforts in the Northern and Central regions of the island as well as the San Juan Metro

Area and returned in the eve-ning of Tuesday, July 24.

Under the “NY Stands with Puerto Rico Recovery and Rebuilding” Initiative, hun-dreds of student and labor volunteers have joined non-profi t organizations to clean, restore and rebuild homes as the island continues to re-cover from Hurricanes Irma and Maria. Students from a number of CUNY Colleges de-parted to spend up to a two week period helping the re-building effort. This is the 6th trip by CUNY Students chap-

eroned by Nestor Melendez of the Guttman Campus, as well as President of Hostos Col-lege David Gomez who was on board. Gomez has family who were a the center of the hurri-cane and he is thankful that they are “doing fairly well”. He wants to thank the Gover-nor and all those who are vol-unteering to help because “the recovery is slow and painful”.

According to a defi ant Cuomo, “Mother Nature brought Hurricane Maria to the island, but it’s Father Trump who aggravated the

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Gov. Cuomo, community leaders, and volunteer students from CUNY head back to Puerto Rico as part of the “NY Stands with Puerto Rico Recovery and Rebuilding” trips. Cuomo criticized FEMA and the current administration for not treating the people of the island with respect, and failing to remedy the hardships many still confront following the devastation of Hurricane Maria last year. Photo by Jeff Yapalater

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Calendar of Events ................6Airport Faces ................10 & 11Airline Briefs ......................... 16Cargo Shorts ......................... 18Kaamco Golf .........................23

The Port Authority is getting the JFK redevelopment pro-gram into high gear. It has just completed the fi rst two com-munity forums to introduce the program to the nearby areas and to elicit Southeast Queens community feedback, opinions and suggestions on a wide variety of issues. Fore-most and important is the mat-ter of jobs and opportunity ac-cording to both the Port and people who attended the meet-ings.

It was announced at the begging of the forums that this is the beginning of a process. The framework has been cre-ated by the Port but the meat on the bones was to be added after consultation and interac-tion with the communities. At this time, there have not been any formal commitments by investment groups nor air-lines nor terminal operators Port said.

Aviation Director Huntley Lawrence attended the fi rst

Over a hundred volunteers showed up to don safety vests and work gloves for a day of picking up foreign objects de-bris (FOD) at JFK Airport.

This annual clean-up brought Vaughn College stu-dents, airport service com-panies, airline personnel and Port Authority people together to work a couple of

areas near the tarmac to re-move potentially dangerous objects. Deputy General Man-ager for JFK, John Selden opened up the meeting before the actual work and stressed how important ridding the area of any kind of objects that could potentially fl atten an airplane tire, or fi nd it’s way in into an engine, much like the Captain Sully fl ight

in the Hudson River suffered a few years ago after a bird strike.

He thanked all the par-ticipants and let Teresa Riz-zuto take over as Operations Manager. Joe Clabby of CLPA supervised, Robbyn Stew-art handled logistics for the event with Otha Ward, a stu-dent intern, worked to make sure all the volunteers under-

stood what to pick up and how to dispose of the items.

Cleaners worked with the port Authority maintenance department and Royal Waste for providing the trash bins. People were having fun being slightly competitive with the debris they found of

old tires, bolts, piece of metal, wood, and even a tree


The Transportation Security Ad-ministration (TSA) and American Airlines have launched a new 3-D computed tomography (CT) scanner in a checkpoint lane at John F. Ken-nedy International Airport (JFK). This technology enhances TSA’s ability to detect explosives and other prohibited items that may be inside a carry-on bag. It is called the Con-neCT Checkpoint Security System,

TSA and American Airlines gave

a close up look and demonstrated the new 3d ConneCXT checkpoint scan-ner at American Airlines terminal.

This unique technology en-hances the level of scrutiny and de-tection of prohibited items that are not allowed through the TSA secu-rity check-in. New 3-D imaging tech-nology enhances images of carry-on bags, allowing trained TSA agents to be able to see a three dimensional view of any object in the secondary

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Gov. Cuomo leads his fi fth recovery trip to Puerto Rico

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AIRPORT VOICE, AUGUST 2018 3

AIRPORT VOICEGov. Andrew Cuomo signed legislation to advance the pro-cess to build a new AirTrain connection to LaGuardia Air-port. The Governor’s action marks another critical step to-ward making a mass-transit link between Midtown Man-hattan and LaGuardia a real-ity, which will help reduce ve-hicular congestion and delays for passengers traveling to and from the airport.

AirTrain LGA seeks to es-tablish a reliable, convenient means of travel, with less-than 30-minute trips between the airport and New York Penn Station or Grand Central Ter-minal. It will also provide rail access from all of Long Island via the LIRR as well as the MTA’s 7 subway line.

“The new LaGuardia Air-port will provide an improved

customer experience with better access to airlines and public transportation for all passengers - essential to the airport’s transformation,” Governor Cuomo said. “Air-Train LGA will set an example of comprehensive transit in-frastructure for the rest of the nation, and will pay dividends for decades by connecting rid-ers to transit hubs across the Metropolitan area, boosting passenger growth across all airlines, and providing a more effi cient means of travel for generations to come.”

Said Tom Grech, Presi-dent of the Queens Chamber of Commerce, “Putting travel-ers on rail and taking cars off the road will primarily ben-efi t those who work and live in Queens, and one need only look at the JFK and Newark Air Trains to understand they

took literally millions of vehi-cles off the road, Creating reg-ular, predictable service to and from Willets Point into the city – approximately 15 minutes to Penn Station via LIRR – will greatly benefi t local commut-ers in that part of Queens who don’t currently have a fast op-tion to get into the city”

In coordination with the Federal Aviation Administra-tion, the steps include the se-lection of a consultant to pre-pare the EIS and to oversee the process for the proposed envi-ronmental review. The envi-ronmental review is slated to begin later this year and be completed by the end of 2019.

Some of the points Con-struction is anticipated to start in 2020 and conclude in 2022; Action Allows for Routes Identifi ed By Local Commu-

The JFK Airport Airtrain system will likely be a model for the proposed LaGuardia Airtrain.

AIRPORT VOICEJetBlue is restructuring its operations and “eliminat-ing a number of positions” through layoffs, buyouts and attrition, spokesman Doug McGraw VP Corporate Com-munications confi rmed in late July.

The company laid out a se-ries of changes that will put the airline on trajectory to meet its goal of reducing over-head by $300 million by 2020.The cuts are not expected to affect the fl ight crew, and the airline will try to lessen the blow by eliminating po-sitions as people resign and offering compensation pack-ages to employees who leave voluntarily.

McGraw said that they are moving some teams around and changing roles into new reporting structures. The cuts are focused on offi ce jobs and the airline is not planning to let go airport workers such as gate agents. It is also not cutting mechan-ics or fl ight crews, includ-ing pilots, McGraw said. “We aimed to reduce the number

of involuntary departures by offering voluntary buyouts and by eliminating a number of open positions. We need to make these diffi cult deci-sions to ensure we are set up for success.”

Some of the issues found by previous executives that need fi xing are: on-time performance issues in NY, matching profi ts of larger airlines, limited routes, no frills competition, diversity and fuel costs. It is a question whether the unionization this year of attendants has had an impact on this cutting decision.

In a move that will ad-dress the fuel cost, JetBlue

BY JEFF YAPALATERThe 73rd session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA 73) will open on 18 September 2018 and end October 5th in New York City.

UNGA week is one of serious secu-rity planning by all agencies within the US government and especially at JFK Airport which sees the largest number of international participants for the session.

The fi rst day of the high-level Gen-eral Debate will be Tuesday, Septem-

ber 25 and is scheduled to last for nine working days.

Delegates will begin to arrive at JFK by mid-September in private or government planes with a multitude of diplomats, charge d’affaires, aids and staff all converging in terminals packed with security teams and await-ing black cars. Be prepared for inten-sifi ed security around the entire air-port, around the clock.

Activities begin on Monday, 24 Sep-tember when the UNGA will hold a

high-level plenary meeting on global peace in honor of the centenary of the birth of Nelson Mandela, known as the Nelson Mandela Peace Summit.

The plenary will adopt a political declaration negotiated by Member States.

Then on Wednesday, 26 September, the UNGA will hold a high-level meet-ing on the fi ght against tuberculosis, as agreed by Member States in Febru-ary 2018.

Followed on Thursday, 27 Septem-

ber, the UN will hold a one-day com-prehensive review of the progress achieved in the prevention and con-trol of non-communicable diseases (NCDs), which will be the third high-level meeting of the UNGA on the is-sue.

A number of events will take place in parallel to the opening of the 73rd session of the UNGA under the ban-ners of

Global Goals Week 2018 and Cli-mate Week NYC 2018.

Theresa Sisson, Executive Assistant at Worldwide Flight Services, center, gets everyone in place to handle the food for employee appreciation day at WFS. Photo by WFS

JFK preps for Sept. UN General Assembly convergence

LaGuardia Airtrain on track as Cuomo signs legislation

Singing the blues as JetBlue airlines restructure looms

JetBlue announced layoffs and restructuring recently. Photo by Jeff Yapalater

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AIRPORT VOICEGovernor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced the fi rst set of restaurants that will debut in LaGuardia Airport’s new state-of-the-art Terminal B.

The dining options are part of the comprehensive, $8 bil-lion redevelopment of the en-tire airport, announced by the Governor in 2015. Each of the offerings is inspired by the New York experience and will

feature locally-sourced prod-ucts from in-state businesses, including outposts from award-winning chefs Scott Conant and Julian Medina, as well as hospitality titans Gerber Group and Shake Shack. This selection is the result of ex-tensive research and feedback from travelers on what they want and expect from a 21st century airport experience.

“As LaGuardia Airport

transforms into a modern, global gateway, it is critical that travelers have the oppor-tunity to taste some of the best local dining New York has to offer,” Governor Cuomo said. “From a Hudson Valley coffee roaster, to a Mexico City-style taqueria born in East Har-lem, the new Terminal B will highlight iconic restaurateurs and give travelers who pass through it an authentic taste

of what it’s like to be a New Yorker.”

Featuring exclusive offer-ings from airport specialists HMSHost and SSP America, the dining concepts are the product of a meticulous selec-tion process led by LaGuar-dia Gateway Partners, the private entity operating and redeveloping LaGuardia Air-port’s Terminal B. LGP used consumer feedback to bring

world-renowned brands and NYC favorites to the new air-port, while also creating local jobs in Queens.

HMSHost will provide the unique dining experiences of Osteria Fusco, Shake Shack and La Chula and SSP Amer-ica will contribute offerings from Irving Farm Coffee Roasters, Kingside Bar and Restaurant, and 5 Boroughs Food Emporium.

Gov: Local restaurants to debut at LGA Term. B

bag scanning by rotatng images of a bag’s contents 360 degrees to get a bet-ter understanding of the contents of the bag

According to comments by JFK TSA FSD, John Bambury, American Air-lines Darryl Towns, Regional Director Government Affairs, and Acting Gen-eral Manager Charles Everett of JFK Airport, CT technology improves de-tection capability by more detecting threats, thereby increasing overall security effectiveness. This results in more effective security screening at the security checkpoint. According to Stone, CT could offer the opportunity for passengers to leave liquids, gels

and aerosols as well as laptops in their carry on bags at all times. According to TSA, “Use of this technology substan-tially improves TSA’s thret detection capability. This partnership will allow us to deploy new technology quickly and see an immediate improvement in security effectiveness”.

Towns stated that “American is committed to raising the bar on global aviation security while improving the customer experience.” He said is is very import to “stay ahead” and thanked Congress for appropriating money for this challenge. Improving the cus-tomer experience is one of the more im-portant responsibilities that the Port Authority and JFK Airport feel that they have to provide to the traveller and werk closely with terminal opera-tors and airlines to continually work to-

wards this goal said Everett.Currently some terminals use re-

cently installed Automated Speed Lanes (ASL), which is a speedier way of moving bags through security. When asked if this CT technology would re-place ASL . According to Jon Stone of Analogic the answer was N0”. He be-lieves that these two technologies can be married and provide top to bottom increase in effi ciency, speed and secu-rity on the security lines because Con-neCT Integrates seamlessly with lead-ing “Smart Lane” systems and remote screening solutions.

The new CT technology, as com-pared to the standard x-ray machines currently used, use a special Computed Tomography (CT) that was orignally created for hospital MRI-like use ac-cording to Jon Stone of Analogic who

manufactures this equipment. This company holds many of the original patents for this technique and began to modify health equipment to be used in aviation security.“ Our machine can instantly provide 3d views, pro-vide better visibility and reduce image clutter and can automatically detect explosives, including liquids, by shoot-ing hundreds of images with an X-ray camera spinning around compared to a single image from traditional cur-rently used-x-ray equipment,

Research and development efforts have shown that CT is the most con-sequential technology available today for airport checkpoints worldwide. While this is a test at American at JFK Airport, it promises to be on the fore-front of security control throughout the world once established.

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RECOGNITIONSPROMOTION: Teresa Rizzuto has

been promoted to JFK Airport Operations Manager.

RETIRING: Barry Medwed is retir-ing from WFS after an illustrious career at JFK Airport cargo key accounts man. Also congrats to Barry as a fi rst-time grandfather.

CONGRATULATIONS: To Clorinda Antonucci elected as Executive Director of the JFK Chamber of Commerce.

KUDOS: To Sonia Saleh, President of the JFK Rotary for receiving the Rotary Leadership Award Ro-tary International.

CONGRATULATIONS: To William Lugo, 24 years at Allied Aviation

CONGRATULATIONS: to Rob-byn Stewart, Ed Dougherty, Joe Morra, and Frank McIntyre for receiving the Paul Harris Fellow award from the JFK Rotary.

BEST WISHES: To Phil Jensen of WFS a speedy recovery from re-cent surgery. He will be back at work before you read this!

WELCOME BACK: To Ajay Dhawan after recuperating from surgery.

CONDOLENCES: To Tommy Desid-erio, retired after 40 years at AA, on his mother’s passing.

CONDOLENCES: Passing of former KAAMCO President Peter Mattey

SAVE THE DATESAUGUST 9: KAAMCO Cargo fi shing

trip, Freeport. AUGUST: 11-14th: Anniversary An-

nual NEC/AAAE “Reimagine the Way We Fly” Conference. Hyatt Regency Jersey City, NJ.

SEPTEMBER 11: TUESDAY. JFK Chamber of Commerce/Port Au-thority 911 Memorial, Ballfi eld, Bldg 141. 7:30am-10:30am.

SEPTEMBER 11: JFK Chapel 911 Memorial Service. Terminal 4, 12:15.

SEPTEMBER 15: New York Air Show’s home at Stewart Interna-tional Airport.

SEPTEMBER 20: Thursday 7-11pm.Blue & Red Gala. Global Foun-dation for First Responders. THE CARLTUN , EISENHOWER PARK. Register: Katie Artz (516) 888–7270

SEPTEMBER 27: Air Cargo Associa-tion Golf Outing at Douglaston Manor, 6320 Commonwealth Blvd, Douglaston, NY 11362. Joe (516) 508–2534

SEPTEMBER 28: Annual Pan Am Museum Foundation Gala. “Bon-jour Paris”, Cradle of Aviation. Contact: [email protected]

OCTOBER 10: JFK Chamber of Commerce Luncheon with guest speaker JetBlue President and COO, Joanna Geraghty at Rus-sos.

OCTOBER 14: RUN THE RUNWAY!! SUNDAY, OCTOBER 14TH NIA-MCO’s Susan Baer Memorial 5K. Run on the runway at Newark Lib-

erty Airport.OCTOBER 25: Our Lady of the

Skies Annual Man Woman of the Year Luncheon at the Cradle of Aviation Museum, Garden City. Contact: Alexandra or Alice (718) 656–5348 www.jfkchapel.org

NOVEMBER 1: Thursday. NJ Air Services Development Offi ce(ASDO) will host aviation industry buyers and businesses from Newark Liberty Int’l and Teterboro Airports to network directly with area businesses. Contact: (973) 961–4278

NOVEMBER 8: Vaughn College Gala Honoring Mary Ellen Jones, Vice President, Americas Sales, Pratt & Whitney

NOVEMBER 16: KAAMCO Dinner Dance aboard the Spirit of NY, Chelsea Pier, NYC.

DECEMBER 7:Friday. December 7th, Newark International Airport Managers Council will host the Transportation Person of the Year Black Tie Dinner Dance at The Marriott Newark Airport Hotel. Contact, (973) 961–4278

REGULAR MEETINGSTHE JFK CHAMBER OF COM-

MERCE BOARD OF DIRECTORS: Meets monthly at Bldg. 14, JFK Airport. 8:30am Closed Board Session; 9:15 open to public.

KAAMCO-JFK KAAMCO & PORT AUTHORITY: Monthly meetings, 2nd Wednesday of month, 9:45 Bldg. 14, JFK; Kaamco Cargo Meeting last Thursday of the month.

LAAMCO, LAGUARDIA: Meetings take place on the fi rst Wednes-day of every month unless noted otherwise. Location: United Con-ference Room 3721 in the CTB.

11am.JFK ROTARY CLUB: Meets for din-

ner the 1st Wednesday of the month and for lunch the third Wednesday of the month at JFK Hilton Garden Inn. Contact www.jfkrunwayrun.org

JFK AIRPORT CUSTOM BROKERS AND FREIGHT FORWARDERS MEETING: Contact Joel (516) 250–0588

LGA KIWANIS: Meets 2nd and 4th Tuesday at noon at the LaGuardia Marriott Hotel.

CIVIL AIR PATROL: Meetings 2nd & 4th Mondays, JFK Building 14, 2nd Fl.

AIRPORT RESOURCESPORT AUTHORITY CONTRACTS:

Some contract documents may be available for viewing in the JFK Business Resource Center lo-cated on the third fl oor of Build-ing 14. The Business Resource Center is open on Wednesdays from 9am to 5pm. To schedule an appointment to visit the Business Resource Center, at other times, please call (718 244–4505.

HOUSES OF WORSHIP: Terminal 4, Upper Level, Chapels area.

AIR SERVICES DEVELOPMENT OF-FICE (ASDO): Organization that brings together aviation industry buyers with local businesses. www.asdoonline.com

USO: Jet Blue Terminal 5, lower ar-rivals level.

GLOBAL ENTRY OFFICE: Terminal 4, lower arrivals level.

AMBULANCE: 718-244-4333 ( DO NOT CALL 911) Ambulift from plane Medical Walk-In Building 14, West Wing

PAFCU CREDIT UNION: Building

14, W. Wing (718) 656–1774Friday from 8 am – noon ; 1 pm – 5 pm

AUGUSTAUGUST 8: JFK Chamber of Com-

merce Directors General Monthly Meeting 8:30-10:30 am JFK Air-port, Building 14 - Conf. Room “A”.

AUGUST 8: KAAMCO/Port monthly meeting. Bldg. 14, 9:45 am

AUGUST 13: Welcoming Home Our Heros Golf Outing. Riverhead.

AUGUST 14–17: OBAP’s Ca-reer Exposition., Houston Tx. https://www.obap.org/assets/2017obapconvention_pressrelease_fi nal.pdf

AUGUST 15: Wednesday. The As-sumption of Mary celebration.

AUGUST 16: Thursday. Dan Ferrante JFK Memorial Golf Classic. Stone-bridge Country Club. Smithtown.

AUGUST 18: The 2nd Annual Carib-bean Carnival in the Rockaways, 11 a.m. to 8 p.m., kicking off at the Beach 20th Street and Seagirt Blvd., Far Rockaway

AUGUST 19: National Aviation Day & World Helicopter Day, Aviation Day falls on and commemorates the birthday of Orville Wright.

AUGUST 22: JFK Rotary, “Summer Delight” get together. BayHouse. 5:30-8:30 pm. $35.

AUGUST 23: Council for Airport Opportunity Job Fair at Queens Boro President’s Offi ce. 10am-2pm. Bring your resume.

SEPTEMBERSEPTEMBER 1-2: Stormville Airport

Antique Show & Flea Market. https://www.stormvilleairport-fl eamarket.com/

SEPTEMBER 11: Memorial service on Ball Field 141 JFK Airport.

SEPTEMBER 15–16: The U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds will headline this year’s New York Air Show, Sept. 15–16 at Stewart Airport in New Windsor.

SEPTEMBER 17: JFK Chamber of Commerce Golf Outing, Law-rence Yacht and Country Club,

Lawrence NY. Contact: [email protected]

SEPTEMBER 20: Global Foundation For First Responders. Blue and Red Tie Gala. The Carltun, Eisen-hower Park. Register: Katie Artz (516) 888–7270

SEPTEMBER 27: Air Cargo Associa-tion Golf Outing at Douglaston Manor, 6320 Commonwealth Blvd, Contact Joe (516)508-2534.

SEPTEMBER 29: Pan Am Museum Foundation. Fundraising Gala “Bonjour Paris” on September 29, 2018 at the Cradle of Aviation Museum in Garden City. www.panamgala.org

SEPTEMBER 29: Annual Kids Day, LaGuardia Airport. Board a United airplane. Sponsored by Kiwanis, United Port Authority. 10am-2pm.

OCTOBEROCTOBER 6: TETERBORO AIR-

PORT FRIENDS & FAMILY DAY, Saturday from 12 Noon to 3:00P at Hangar 1 - 111 Industrial Av-enue, Teterboro, NJ. Call (201) 807-4020.

OCTOBER 10: JFK Chamber of Commerce Luncheon with guest speaker JetBlue President and COO, Joanna Geraghty at Rus-sos.

OCTOBER 13: Girls in Aviation Day. Children’s Workshop School PS 361M, New York, [email protected]

OCTOBER 14: RUN THE RUN-WAY!! SUNDAY, OCTOBER 14TH NIAMCO’s Susan Baer Memo-rial 5K. Run on the runway at EWR,Newark Airport.

OCTOBER 25: Our Lady of the Skies Annual Man Woman of the Year Luncheon at the Cradle of Aviation Museum, Garden City. Contact: Alice DiBenedetto (718) 656-5348 www.jfkchapel.org

BUSINESS-AVIATIONSEPTEMBER 10-12: NYAMA 2018

Fall Conference. 1000 Islands. Hosted by the Watertown Inter-national Airport. Contact: Angela Kelly at(518) 687-2241

OCTOBER 2-4: International Airport Expo at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas,

OCTOBER 3-5: International Facility Managers Assn. Expo, Charlotte, N.C. [email protected]

OCTOBER 15-18: Public Safety & Security Conference, The Ritz-Carlton, Pentagon City, Washing-ton DC, USA

OCTOBER 16-18: NBAA Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition, Orlando, USA

OCTOBER 24-26: International Avi-ation Womens Assn. 30th Annual Conference, Memphis Tenn. Call (443)640-1056 www.iawa.org

SUMMER-FALL CALENDARHard to believe half of the summer is already

passed. I hope that all of you have taken some days to smell the proverbial roses, or even better to take a vacation to one of our great beaches on Long is-land.

August 19th is International Aviation Day. You may want to read Women Aviators by Karen Bush Gibson with stories of pioneering aviation women,

The Port Authority has begun community out-

reach forums on the JFK Airport Redevelopment Plan. This is the fi rst step in formulating what the airport will look like in the coming years. The Port Authority is beginning the process with input from the areas impacted by the airport. If you have con-cerns or suggestions take some time one evening when the next forum takes place.

Progress also continues on the new cargo build-ing that Aeroterm is handling with WFS as a ma-

jor tenant. Ground breaking is set to begin this early winter.

The annual Kaamco Cargo Fishing trip is Aug. 9. Pop a dramamine and join the fun day.

There are many more golf events through August and September. If you want to network with others or simply have fun with airport friends, look into forming a foursome. Most of the fees are marked for contribution to charities or good causes.

AUG 13: Monday. Our 11th An-nual Welcoming Home Our Heroes Golf Outing. (2) venues: Baiting Hollow G.C. in Baiting Hollow & The Vineyards Golf Club in Riverhead. Contact [email protected]

AUG 16: Dan Ferrante JFK mre-morial Glf Classic , Stonebridge Counbtry Club, Smithtown. https://community.cancercare.org/danferrante

SEPT 7: Columbia Association 37th Annual Scholarship Golf Tournament. Clearview Golf

Course. Info call (516) 791-2958 http://www.columbiaassnusc.org/events.html

SEPT 13: Semantics Golf Outing, Harbor Links, Pt. Washington. Contact Wanda (646) 490–5352

SEPT 17: Monday: JFK Chamber of Commerce, Golf Outing. Law-rence Yacht and Country Club.

SEPT 20: Delta Airlines Cohen Chioldren’s Medical Center, Northwell Health, golf outing. Information: [email protected]” [email protected], Muttontown Coun-

try Club.SEPT 23: Orange Country Golf

ClassicSEPT 27: JFK Air Cargo Charity

Gold Tournament, Douglaston Manor www.jfkaircargo.net

SEPT 28: Queens Chamber Com-merce Golf outing. North Hills Country Club www.queens-chamber.org

OCT 3: 2018 JetBlue Swing for Golf. Bethpage State Park - 99 Quaker Meetinghouse Road, Farmingdale, NY 8 am–5 pm.

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JFK CHAMBER OF COMMERCE NEWS: The JFK Chamber of Com-merce is again sponsoring the 911 Memorial Day with the Port Au-thority. All interested agencies, individuals and companies wishing to participate should contact Executive Director, Clorinda Anto-nucci, [email protected]. The Chamber is very excited to have Joanna Geraghty, President & COO JetBlue, as Guest speaker at the October 10 luncheon.


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AIRPORT VOICEThe Homeland Security Department awarded $1.5 million to the top eight fi nishers in a competition to design machine-learning algorithms that get people through airport security faster than ever. The main goal is to Effi -ciently detect more advanced aviation threats while outpacing the growing population of travelers

Participants worked to build an application that detects contraband on air travelers more quickly and ac-curately than existing security scan-ners. The contest, co-funded by the Transportation Security Administra-tion and Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate, comes as part of the agency’s broader efforts to streamline and upgrade the airport se-curity process.

“The Passenger Screening Algo-rithm Challenge was an innovative way to challenge a broad community to solve a diffi cult problem,” said John Fortune, DHS S&T Apex Screening at Speed pro-gram manager. “Better [automated tar-get recognition] algorithms directly contribute to the passenger experience, reducing the need for pat-downs and ac-celerating the screening process.

Jeremy Walthers of Rockville, Maryland, won the overall competi-tion, taking home $500,000 for develop-ing a system that uses a slew of deep learning models to analyze images from different angles. Sergei Fotin located in Nashua, New Hampshire, will receive the second place prize of $300,000 with an approach that fuses 2D and 3D sources of data to make ob-ject and location predictions.

David Odaibo and Thomas Anthony of Alabaster, Alabama, are the win-ners of the $200,000 third place prize, presenting a solution that uses special-ized image level annotations to train their 2-stage identifi cation models.

The contest comes as part of S&T’s Apex Screening at Speed program,

which aims to overhaul the way TSA clears passengers and luggage before boarding a plane. In addition to creating algorithms to speed up passenger scan-ning and reduce false alarms, the pro-gram includes a number of hardware upgrades and could one day expand the clearance process beyond the security checkpoint to the entire airport.

The algorithms developed through the competition would provide TSA agents with more accurate data on what objects are going through scan-ners, helping them better discern the difference between a bomb and, say, an antique clock. S&T next plans to experi-ment with the algorithms on additional image sets with the intention of eventu-ally integrating them within the next-generation of scanning equipment.

“Our vision for the program is to improve aviation security from curb to gate,” Fortune said. “We’re dealing with an adaptive, emerging adversary, and the threat space is not constant,” so it’s essential to equip TSA with an equally “dynamic, adaptive aviation screening system that can deal with whatever adversaries throw us.

Homeland Security Science and Technology works with many companies for ongoing security solutions for the safety of airport travelers. Photo by Jeff Yapalater

Homeland Security awards $1.5M to contest fi nalists

will purchase 60 Airbus A220-300 air-craft – previously called the Bombar-dier CS300 – for delivery beginning in 2020, and the A321neo, at the same time that JetBlue founder Neeleman has also purchased A220’s in what is believed to be the start of a new US air-line called Moxy. Or is the word just a way of describing Neeleman’s nerve in risky ventures?

In May 2018, Joanna Geraghty was

promoted to President & Chief Operat-ing Offi cer, “I’m honored and humbled to take on this role and I am committed to supporting our nearly 22,000 crew members at JetBlue as we continue to prove why we are the airline that in-spires humanity,” said Geraghty. “We believe we can be a great business for our owners, a great place to work for our crew members, and the best airline for customers. Our passion for the crew member and customer experience, combined with our commitment to low costs, makes us a unique player in the industry with a lot of runway ahead.”

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BY JEFF YAPALATERThe Farnborough Interna-tional Airshow is one of the most prestigious shows around the world according to Gareth Rogers, Chief Executive of Farnborough International

“The Farnborough Inter-national Airshow connects an industry worth $350 billion from the orders announced by global industry leaders and government representatives from around the world, it is the preeminent showcase for businesses of all sizes.”

The Airshow saw exhibi-tors announced deals worth an estimated $192 billion dur-ing the week long show. That’s up more than $67 billion for the last time the biennial show was held in 2016.

The show was offi cially opened by Prime Minister, Theresa May, 37 weeks before the UK leaves the European Union. Speaking at the Open-ing Ceremony, Mrs May said: “This is an incredibly exciting time for aerospace. Not only is there huge growth potential, but many of the developments taking place have the poten-tial to transform the way we fl y.”

Airbus-Airbus Defence and Space has unveiled the new Zephyr S HAPS (High Altitude

Pseudo-Satellite). The Zephyr S is the fi rst production air-craft of the Zephyr program, with previous Zephyr units being Research and Develop-ment prototypes.

Zephyr is the world’s lead-ing, solar-electric, strato-spheric Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV). It harnesses the sun’s rays, running exclu-sively on solar power, above the weather and conventional air traffi c; fi lling a capability gap complimentary to satel-lites, UAVs and manned air-craft to provide affordable and persistent local satellite-like services.

Competition between Boe-ing and Airbus continued as expected. Airbus also showed off a Qatar Airways Airbus A350-1000.

It’s the new rival for Boe-ing’s hot-selling 777-300ER and generated sales of Airbus 320 neo, 350, and the A220 to both JetBlue and Moxy Airline, a startup by Jetblue founder Neeleman.

Airbus and Bombardier move forward with its part-nership to build the C Series airplanes which Delta contin-ues to purchase as part of its Connection fl eet.

A trade tribunal decision allows for C Series planes

Bombardier produces in Can-ada to be sold to Delta Air Lines in the U.S. without addi-tional tariffs.

Embraer made a host of new contract announce-ments on Tuesday, bringing its Farnborough 2018 totals to 300 aircraft, worth a total of $15.3bn.The company rep-resentatives at Embraer’s packed media center were thrilled after its announced deal after deal with Maurita-nia Airlines, NAC, Wataniya Airways, Helvetic Airways, Azul, Republic Airways and an undisclosed Spanish Air-line.

Embraer and Boeing re-cently signed a Memorandum of Understanding to establish

a strategic partnership that positions both companies to accelerate growth in global aerospace markets with a 80/20 Boeing-Embraer owner-ship stake.

Boeing’s 737 max is the fastest selling aircraft in Boe-ing’s history with over 4,600 orders from 100 customers worldwide.

Boeing says the 737 MAX family is designed to offer op-erators exceptional perfor-mance, including lower oper-ating costs and more range to open up new destinations. The 737 MAX incorporates the lat-est CFM International LEAP-1B engines, advanced tech-nology winglets, Boeing sky interior, large fl ight deck dis-

plays and other features. Embraer and United Air-

lines have signed a firm or-der for 25 E175 jets in a 70-seat configuration at the show.

The contract has a value of $1.1 billion, based on cur-rent list prices, and will be included in Embraer’s 2018 third-quarter backlog. Deliv-eries will begin in the second quarter of 2019.25 new aircraft will be added to 400-strong fl eet.

Jetson carsBritish luxury brand Aston

Martin has presented its Vol-ante Vision Concept which is a luxury concept aircraft with vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) capabilities having room for three adults.

The Volante Vision is a fl y-ing autonomous hybrid-elec-tric vehicle for urban and in-ter-city air travel.

The concept takes full ad-vantage of the latest advances in aerospace, electrifi cation and autonomous technologies, coupled with Aston Martin’s signature design.

Embraer is collaborating with Uber to make an all-elec-tric vertical take-off and land-ing (eVTOL) aircraft and its ecosystem a reality.

MEAN MACHINE: Embraer “Profi t Hunter” E195-E2, the newest member of the Brazilian fi rm’s family of regional jets. Embraer

HIGH CONCEPT: The Jetson’s fl ying car is getting closer to reality. AstonMartin

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(1) Sharon Smith, Port Authority JFK Operations Department.

(2) Carlton Jones is GSE Mechanic for Swissport at LaGuardia Air-port.

(3) Ed Kingsley McKenney became a cargo pilot at age 50.

(4) Valbona Sanxhaletari, cus-tomer service representative at

Hallmark Services.

(5) Charlie Winter, Port Authority Maintenance.

(6) Scott Everett of Airway enjoys the great weather for the Kaamco golf outing.

(7) Bonnadine Bradsher is the niece of Herlema Owens, President

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(8) Captain Cindy Ricard, a 23-year veteran of Endeavor Air-lines, wholly owned subsidiary of Delta, on a break between fl ights of Minneapolis and New York.

(9) Maria DiVittorio, catering sales manager Radisson JFK.

(10) Paucar Maribel, customer service representative of Hall-mark Services.

(11) Gina Buffolino, Delta Skyteam Liaißson to Partners Chairperson at JFK Airport. (12) Police Offi cer Janice Hawk-ins is on duty in the JFK Airport Emergency Operations Center.

(13) Retired from Saudi cargo, Barry Lenihan always fi nds time a good cigar.

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trashed. All in all, it was a hot tem-perature but successful day making the airport areas safer.

The goal of the day was to beat the poundage of debris from 2017. Joe Clabby reported after a day or so of

weighing the garbage that the group exceeded the last year fi gure by 24 pounds! Congrats all!



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BY JEFF YAPALATERThe Port Authority Police at a LaGuardia announced tighter control over taxi hus-tlers illegally seeking fares at airports.

but the increase in en-

forcement is not directly tied to a gypsy cab driver who was allegedly seeking riders for fares at LaGuar-dia Airport and led Port Authority police on a chase through Terminal B.

Police claim the suspect, Marco Morales-Carillo tried to escape when spotted approaching possible riders fares jumped off the second-story departures roadway, landed on a parked car be-

low and with Jason-Bourne–like agility recovered and climbed into an SUV driven away by his wife. They failed to escape having got-ten stuck in traffi c and were arrested by police.

AIRPORT VOICEIslip Town offi cials celebrated the opening of the new fi re rescue building at Long Island MacArthur Airport.

The new state-of-the-art Fire Rescue Building replaces the 6,000sf structure that dates back to the 1940s. The new space is part of a $13.5M dollar proj-ect, 80 percent of which was funded by the federal Airport Improvement Pro-gram to comply with new Federal Avi-ation facility standards.

The remainder of the funds were local and New York State funds. The Airport Improvement Program proj-ects for Long Island MacArthur Air-port are supported by Senators Chuck Schumer and Kristen Gillibrand.

“The new Fire Rescue Building is one of many capital projects that im-proves the airport, said Town Supervi-sor Angie Carpenter. The airport is an asset to Long Island and the Town, and we must continue to reinvest in this economic asset that produces $600M to the local economy.”

The 21,000sf structure includes 10,000sf of offi ce space, associated apron and vehicle parking area that accommodates 21 full-time airport fi re rescue personnel who provide services 24/7.

The design of the building provides for modest growth of the department and airport capability needs for the fu-ture. Due to the recent increase in the

tions and shifts, classrooms for train-ing, secured wildlife closets, storage for personnel protective equipment, new security fencing, and cold water and foam refi ll systems. The lighting and HVAC systems in the building are energy effi cient. Lighting for the building is 100% LED. The garage bays are heated by infrared systems to keep utility costs lower.

As part of the airport’s emergency plan, the building serves as a staging area in the event of an accident. The new location of the building provides a clear view of the airfi eld for quicker response.

“These types of projects and related equipment will improve the airport’s ability to enhance safety and improve the level of emergency response to the traveling public and tenants who choose to use Long Island MacArthur Airport,” said Supervisor Carpenter.

frequency and size of aircraft operat-ing at ISP, the staffi ng for FAA Index C certifi cation standards have increase from 3 people per shift to 4.

The new fi ve garage bay structure is signifi cantly taller and wider than the existing facility in order to accom-modate two new Oshkosh fi re and res-cue vehicles being purchased by the airport through Passenger Facility Funds.

“Over the years, manufacturers have changed fi re and rescue vehicle technology and size to improve level of stability and fi refi ghting capabilities,” said Shelley LaRose-Arken.

The new facility contains a highly integrated communication, access con-trol and surveillance system, visually artistic exterior bay doors with rapid opening mechanisms, a backup gen-erator for 90 percent of the building’s needs, dormitory for 24 hour opera-

Shelley LaRose-Arken, Airport Commission-er; Angie Carpenter, Town of Islip Supervisor; Al Cinotti, Airport Fire Chief; John Cochrane, Town of Islip Board Member; Alexis Weiks, Town of Islip Receiver of Taxes, helped to open the new Airport Fire Rescue Building in a ribbon-cutting ceremony. Town of Islip

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BY JEFF YAPALATERThe JFK Rotary Golf and Spa day was spent one way or the other; playing golf or playing Spa.

If you were a golfer or enjoyed the course, you had a great weather day and lots of fun being pampered by men who were driving the “beverage” carts throughout the day.

There were lots of laughs as greensßß-challenged women just had fun swinging and being part of a fun foursome.

Others enjoyed the lap of leisure be-ing pampered by the Spa crew. Some of the women looked like they were in their living

room in comfy pink robes during breaks from one Spa activity to another.

Those who were a bit more sporty took part in a putting contest offi ciated by Ed Dougherty and Larry Izzo.

There were also mediums in attendance. I did not have the courage to get a reading myself but lots of smiles were seen leaving the reading room. Others took a break to browse the vari-ety of goods for sale in the retail salon.

Overall it was another successful Rotary event by President Sonia Saleh and crew with the proceeds benefi ting PALS, Patient Airlift Services.

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Kjos, billionaire and CEO of Norwegian Air launched the Norwegian Block Exchange (NBX). This fi nancial news in-dicates that NBX will eventually be providing crypto currency block chain technology ser-vices to the airline busi-ness and increase crypto adoption among users eventually possibly tak-ing over GDAX.

AA grows in LAAmerican can move

forward with construc-tion of a new “terminal 4.5” core that will con-nect both terminals 4 and 5 at LAX with the planned automated peo-ple mover, following ap-proval by the Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA) The operator of Los An-gelesInternational air-port has approved a new lease with American Airlines that allows the carrier to move forward with the fi rst of $1.6 bil-lion in planned works.

Female CEOsA recent survey of

gender diversity in the airline industry shows that the number of female chief executives among the top 100 carriers has fallen to just two in the past 12 months: Air Euro-pa’s Maria Jose Hidalgo and VietJet Air’s Nguyen Thi Phuong Thao.

Atlas plus fi veAtlas Air‘s Presi-

dent, William Flynn an-nounced Atlas will add an additional fi ve air-craft to its Prime Air fl eet operated on behalf of Amazon.com in 2019.

Atlas currently oper-ates a total of nineteen active B767-300(F)s on be-half of the e-commerce gi-ant. Two more 767’s type are undergoing conver-sion and will be brought into the fl eet shortly.

Nippon groundedJapan’s All Nippon

Airways (ANA) an-nounced the cancellation of a further 330 domestic fl ights as it continues the inspection of engines on some of its Boeing 787 aircraft in mid-July. Some of Package C en-gine compressor blades due to unexpected wear on the Rolls Royce en-gines have been subject to mandatory testing on its domestic fl ights only.

JFK to MADNorwegian’s JFK-

MAD route will launch on July 17, 2018 at i ula with three weekly fl ights. Fares start at $229 and $649 one-way in economy and Premium, respectively.

Skytrax awards Norwegian awarded

Skytrax World Airline Awards 2018 awards Nor-wegian for being voted ‘Best Low Cost airline in Europe’ and ‘World’s Best Low Cost Long Haul Airline’ Thank you to all our loyal customers around the world who have voted for us at the 2018 Skytrax World Air-line Awards and granted us four awards!

Space stationVirgin Galactic has

signed a deal with two Italian aerospace com-panies – Sitael and Altec – to open a commercial spaceport in Grottaglie, southern Italy. Altec is a public-private company owned by the Italian Space Agency and Thales Alenia Space. Sitael is Italy’s largest privately owned space company.

The companies envi-sion a dedicated space vehicle system, built by Virgin Galactic’s sister enterprise The Space-ship Company, being positioned at the future Grottaglie Spacepor

Nigeria in fl ightMinister of State for

Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika announced that the country is launching a new national carrier, Ni-geria Air, which is sched-uled to commence opera-tions in December 2018.

Flying women“With over 300,000 new

pilots needed in the civil aviation industry over the next decade, and with women currently repre-senting less than fi ve per-cent of pilots and instruc-tors, it is time to tap into a wider pool of talent. As the leading training or-ganization in the world, we are very proud to in-troduce the CAE Women in Flight scholarship program, acting towards achieving greater diver-sity and a better gender balance” said Nick Le-ontidis, CAE’s Group President, Civil Aviation Training Solutions.

Going BOOMDuring his key-

note from Blake Scholl, founder and CEO of Boom Supersonic, dis-cussed how Boom in-tends to serve the market that has been dormant

since Concorde stopped fl ying in 2003.

More than six months has passed after the Southwest engine fail-ure and the The U.S. Na-tional Transportation Safety Board (NTSB)

will fi nally hold an in-vestigative hearing in November. The one day hearing will focus on the CFM56-7 series en-gine’s fan blade design and development his-tory; inspection meth-

ods and procedures; and fan blade containment design and certifi cation criteria, NTSB said.

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AIRPORT VOICEA major plan to improve Jamaica Bay has been an-nounced. On Monday, July 2, the New York City Department of Environmental Protection announced a $400 million plan to further improve the ecologi-cal health of one of the area’s most important bodies of wa-ter.

DEP, local elected offi cials, community leaders and more gathered at Jamaica Bay on Monday to announce the good news. The plan includes an array of waterbody improve-ment projects including 50 acres of wetland restoration, seven acres of ribbed mussel installations, and environ-mental dredging, all of which will result in a healthier Ja-maica Bay.

The projects will also de-liver economic, social and ancillary environmental ben-efi ts, including healthier air and lower summer tempera-tures due to the addition of a signifi cant number of new trees and plants. The plan was submitted to the New York State Department of Environ-mental Conservation on Mon-day and if approved, planning

and design could begin as soon as 2019.

“The Jamaica Bay Ecow-atchers fully support DEP’s Ja-maica Bay Improvement Plan and commend them for their

outreach to local environmen-tal groups in crafting this pro-posal,” Dan Mundy of the Ja-maica Bay Ecowatchers, said. “The numerous nature-based features incorporated in this

BY JEFF YAPALATERThe bird is the word as U. S. Customs and Border Protec-tion Offi cers and Agriculture Specialists at John F. Kennedy International Airport discov-ered last month.

On June 5, a Guyanese cit-izen, arrived on a fl ight from Georgetown, Guyana and was inspected by CBP Offi cers. The CBP Offi cers conducted an examination of the traveler’s computer bag and discovered eight live fi nches concealed in small bags inside a hidden compartment. The passenger was escorted by CBP Offi cers to a private room to continue the inspection.

The passenger was further interviewed by CBP Agricul-ture Specialists who quaran-tined the eight seized fi nches and issued a $300 fi ne to the traveler. The traveler was ad-

mitted to the United States.“CBP’s Agriculture Spe-

cialists protect our country every day from pests and dis-

eases, the introduction of an animal or plant borne pest or disease could have a devastat-ing impact on America’s Agri-cultural industry.” said Frank Russo, CBP Port Director, JFK International Airport.

Birds, including pet birds, are regulated since they can carry viral and bacterial dis-eases of concern including Avian Infl uenza, Newcastle Disease and Psittacosis. They may also be subject to U.S. De-partment of Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service regulations.

The seized birds were placed in a quarantine isola-tion crate and turned over to personnel from U. S. Depart-ment of Agriculture, Veteri-nary Services.

In 2018, CBP at JFK has stopped six bird smugglers, seizing a total of 114 birds and lots of cocaine nested in bags.

Finches concealed by an animal smuggler found by CBP. Photo by Jeff Yapalater

City’s plan seeks to improve water quality at Jamaica Bay

Bird smugglers caught

ing is a massive $1.9 billion project to build a storm sewer system in southeast Queens as well as green infrastructure at schools and public housing as well as parks, playgrounds and curbsides. All of this work has already resulted in signif-icant improvements to the wa-ter quality in Jamaica Bay.

“DEP has been a great part-ner in the effort to improve wa-ter quality and enhance wild-life habitats in Jamaica Bay,” Don Riepe, Director of the NE Chapter, American Littoral Society, said. “Over the past several years they have sup-ported the Littoral Society’s Restoration Corp, a green jobs youth program working on saltmarsh restoration and shoreline cleanup of marine debris in Jamaica Bay. We fully support their Long Term Control Plan to increase fund-ing for green infrastructure and living shorelines.”

Over the last 150 years, New York City has lost ap-proximately 85 percent of its historical wetland coverage, a signifi cant amount of this within the Jamaica Bay wa-tershed.

These important natural areas serve as a protective transitional area between a body of water and dry land. Wetlands are extremely valu-able as they help to absorb storm surge, fi lter impuri-ties from the water, increase dissolved oxygen levels, re-duce coastal erosion, capture greenhouse gases and serve as a productive ecological habi-tat and nursery for juvenile fi sh. Wetlands are among the most productive natural areas on earth and are particularly important in urban waters.

In order to continue restor-ing these essential functions to Jamaica Bay, DEP is propos-ing signifi cant investments in the restoration of wetlands and salt marshes.

Ribbed mussels have also proven to be particularly ef-fective at fi ltering impurities from the water and the plan calls for substantial installa-tions in several of the Jamaica Bay tributaries. In addition, DEP will continue to expand the successful Green Infra-structure program to the com-munities surrounding the bay.

plan, including wetlands and ribbed mussels, recognize the critical role these habitats play in naturally cleaning and fi ltering the waters of the bay. In addition, they host numer-

Dan Mundy, of the Jamaica Bay EcoWatchers, aboard the American Littoral Society boat as he and other local residents and organizations work endlessly to help save Jamaica Bay. and marshes. Photo by Jeff Yapalater

ous species of fi sh, reptiles and birds and ultimately have a tremendous positive combined ecological effect on the entire bay.

After years of advocat-ing for the bay, it is very encouraging to see the nu-merous environmental projects ‘turning the tide’ on the health of the bay and producing water quality and a restored habitat that guarantees a thriving Ja-maica Bay for future gen-erations.”

DEP has already invested more than $1.5 billion to im-prove the health of Jamaica Bay. This includes large un-derground tanks at Paerde-gat Basin and Spring Creek to store any sewer overfl ow during rainstorms, the res-toration of 137 acres of wet-lands and 442 acres of mar-itime forests/grasslands through strategic partner-ships and signifi cant up-grades to the wastewater treatment plants that drain to the bay, including reduc-ing nitrogen levels. Ongo-


Bad tariffsTrade tiffs and tariffs not

good for air cargo business according to IATA, “We still expect demand to grow, but those expectations are damp-ened with each new tariff in-troduced,” said Alexandre de Juniac, IATA’s director gen-eral and CEO. “Experience tells us that trade wars, in the long run, only produce losers.” This is validated partially by the May cargo fi gures showing the fourth month in a row that airfreight capacity growth ex-ceeded demand growth,

Delta-Korean dealDelta Air Lines Cargo and

Korean Air Cargo are launch-ing new cargo cooperation to offer world-class cargo services across one of the most compre-hensive route networks in the trans-Pacifi c market. This comes after the recent imple-mentation of the trans-Pacifi c Joint Venture partnership be-tween the two airlines.

Vegan cargoAmerican Airlines Cargo

team has moved nearly 5,500 tons of fresh asparagus around the world in the fi rst six months of 2018. Growers in Mexico and Peru supply the majority of the early season asparagus for Eu-rope and Asia. American then

forwards the veggies on its widebody aircraft from a num-ber of key US hubs.

Luft cargo expandedLufthansa is expanding

its cargo facility at JFK air-port. According to Thomas Rohmeier, the facility will be upgraded and this will result in faster and better service for the customer. Lufthansa Cargo has also released plans to offer digital freight capacity booking in a new partnership with the software-as-a-service (SaaS) company, cargo.one.

Uber — for CargoUber, the rideshare car ser-

vice has made a move to estab-lish a foothold in the last-mile freight market by partnering with a Bay Area startup called Cargo, which enables passen-gers to order small packages while in transit to their desti-nations as well letting riders purchase items while they’re on the go.

Alaska freightersAlaska Air Cargo has re-

cently introduced three next-generation 737-700 freighters and began integration of the Airbus belly capacity on the former Virgin America fl eet, which the cargo arm’s parent company acquired in 2016.

DHL goes 777DHL has announced an

order and commitment for 14 Boeing 777 Freighters, with purchase rights for seven ad-ditional freighters.

The $4.7 billion order agree-ment, at current list prices, was unveiled at the opening of the Farnborough International Air-show 2018. DHL was the fi rst ex-press operator to introduce the 777 to perform long-haul time critical services in 2009. The new order will double the size of DHL’s global 777 fl eet, allowing the carrier to serve more mar-kets and customers.

Antonov growsAntonov Airlines has had

a great two years of growth. an 81 percent revenue in-crease in 2017 compared to the previous year, while January to May fi gures in 2018 were up 42 per cent, with aerospace be-ing one of the key sectors for the Ukrainian airline. Being now based in England, and partnering with Dreamlifts are two reasons for this signif-icant growth.

Boeing dealRussian airline conglom-

erate Volga-Dnepr Group and U.K.-based affi liate Cargo Logic Holding signed a mas-sive agreement with Boeing,

which included a letter of in-tent to order twenty-nine 777Fs and fi rm-ordered fi ve 747-8 Fs. The deal is valued at approxi-mately US$2 billion.

Alexey Isaykin, presi-dent of Volga-Dnepr Group and chairman of Cargo Logic Holding said the move will “open new market opportuni-ties” with the 777F and stated that the company also plans to partner with Boeing to de-velop new freighter solutions, such as the production 767F, or converted cargo jets like the 737-800 Boeing-converted freighter, according to a state-ment from Boeing.

Swiss is CEIV certZurich-based carrier Swiss

WorldCargo, the air cargo di-vision of Swiss International Airlines, has gained its CEIV-Pharma certifi cation assuring that all segments of its supply chain network, operating in more than 84 countries, meet the strict temperature-control standards set by IATA.

Silk skiesAzerbaijan-based Silk Way

West and Japan Airlines sub-sidiary JAL Cargo have re-leased news of a new coopera-tion to allow JAL Cargo’s use of Silk Way West’s airfreight capacity on fl ights between Azerbaijan and Japan.

Southern Air unionAtlas Air Worldwide

Holdings, Inc. (AAWW), has reached an agreement be-tween Union 1224 of the IBT representing pilots who fl y for subsidiary carrier, Southern Air, over “interim enhance-ments” to the pilots’ collective bargaining agreement.

According to AAWW, the interim agreement would “in-crease pay rates for Southern Air pilots to the same wage scales as provided to pilots of Atlas Air, Inc.” It also stipulates a ratifi cation bonus and other terms and conditions that are comparable to those provided to their fellow pilots at Atlas Air.

CARGO SHORTSNews from freight handlers globally

How many of these tiny trucks will fi t into one of the new DHL 777 cargo planes? Photo by Jeff Yapalater

Whale of a planeAirbus whales, or Belugas, the fi rst of fi ve XLs will enter service in 2019, gradually replacing the Belu-gaST. The XL is based on the A330-200 Freighter, re-using many existing components and equipment. The original planes have been in service since 1994; however, Airbus launched a program to build a new version with similar modifi cations and dimensions in 2014 and are now in test fl ight stage.

AIRPORT VOICENegotiations with a private de-veloper will begin to develop a consolidated rent-a-car facility (ConRAC) next to the new Ter-minal One at EWR.

Many of the nation’s larg-est airports already have a consolidated rent-a-car facil-ity, known as a ConRAC, pro-viding travelers easy on-air-port access to all rental car choices in one complex. JFK has one at the Federal Circle Airtrain Station whihs con-nects all the termnals. Con-RACs at other airports have reduced on-airport conges-tion by bringing rental-car customers to a single loca-tion, while also saving lim-ited space at airports for other critical customer needs.

With today’s board action,

Port Authority offi cials will now enter into negotiations with a developer to design, build, fi nance, operate and maintain a ConRAC, with no fi nancial risk to the agency. ConRAC costs would be off-set through implementation of a passenger facility charge of $6 per day added to the price of rental cars.

The Port Authority’s con-tribution to the project, which would include a public park-ing garage, would be capped at $130 million if the negotia-tions to build a ConRAC are successful. Should a deal not be reached between the devel-oper and agency before De-cember, the Port Authority would plan to build its own stand-alone garage at a bud-geted cost of $170 million.

Port unveils consolidated rent-a-car facility at Newark


BY JEFF YAPALATERThe Antonov AN124,one of the largest super freighter in the world , at JFK Airport taking a load of heavy equip-ment overseas. This cargo fl ight was arranged by a Ko-rean fi rm who purchased compressor units from El-liott-Turbo that are replacng those lost in January 2017 at a refi nery at Abu Dhabi Na-tional Oil Company complex.

The AN124 is a beauti-ful beast to behold with her nose opening large enough to load tons of heavy industrial equipment.

A crew of twelve from the Antonov as well as World-wide Flight Service (WFS) ßpersonnel were on hand to open both the fore and aft doors to accommodate load-

ing the heavy shipment. She is 226 feet in length with a wingspan of 224 feet and a payload of 330,000lbs with a top speed of 537 mph.

The Antonovs were de-signed by the Antonov Design Bureau in the Ukrainian SSR within the Soviet Union dur-ing the 1980s. After success-fully fulfi lling their Soviet

military missions they was reconfi gured to be used as a commercial aircraft cargo company. It’s larger sister, the Antonov An-225, was de-veloped in the 1980s to carry the Soviet version of the space shuttle on its back. The An-tonov AN124 planes are used by both Volga-Dnepr Airlines and Antonov Airlines.

The mouth of the cargo whale. Photo by Jeff Yapalater

The cargo owners of this particular fl ight stand by to inspect the loading. Photo by Jeff Yapalater

Four of these huge refi nery pieces of equipment will easily fi t into the Antonov tail bay. Photo by Jeff Yapalater

GIANT ANTONOV CARGO PLANE LOADS UP AT JFK


damage and continues the damage,” “I believe it was despicable that the fed-eral government did not do a better job in their response. Despicable and in-sensitive.

These are American citizens and there are no second class citizens in the United States of America and they deserve a fi rst class response because they are fi rst class American citizens and they didn’t get it. So why are New Yorkers still working in Puerto Rico? Because Puerto Rico still needs help and because the federal government is not doing its job.”

As with Puerto Rico’s other rebuild-ing efforts, New York State is commit-ted to helping Puerto Rico rebuild their agriculture and food supply sys-tems stronger than before. Governor Cuomo will launch a comprehensive, targeted effort to work with local farm-ers, the University of Puerto Rico and other partners to assess immediate needs, provide technical assistance for short-term solutions and develop a strategic plan to bolster the agricul-tural industry, support food security and grow the Puerto Rico’s economy. As part of this initiative, the Gover-nor will convene a team of experts, led by Commissioner Ball, that will meet

with partners at SOMOS.These actions will focus on: in-

creased trade and exchange of food and agricultural commodities be-tween Puerto Rico and New York, co-ventures in food innovation, food se-curity for underserved populations and exploring the development of food banks and collaboration on best prac-tices in food and beverage safety, as well as, standards and technical guid-ance for food safety.

During the trip the Governor and delegation participated in rebuild-ing efforts led by nonprofi t partners All Hands & Hearts, Heart 9/11, NE-CHAMA in Playita, Guaynabo, Oro-covis, Barranquitas, and Toa Baja. One delegate, Santos Rodriguez, of the Greater NY Building & Construction Trades Council carried his working hard hat in preparation for getting his hands dirty in the effort.

During the fi rst phase of the NY Stands with Puerto Rico Recovery and Rebuilding Initiative launched on April 29, the Governor deployed a Tac-tical Assessment Team of state experts and labor, non-profi t, philanthropic, and academic partners to evaluate re-construction needs and to develop a comprehensive rebuilding road map for communities in need. The Assess-ment Team’s fi ndings are guiding the strategic deployment of approximately 500 SUNY and CUNY students, as well

as skilled workers from the building and construction trades, throughout the summer.

Since Hurricane Maria’s landfall in September 2017, Governor Cuomo has traveled to Puerto Rico four times and has continuously directed critical resources to communities in need. In the immediate aftermath, New York established the Empire State Relief and Recovery Effort, ultimately dis-tributing at least 4,400 pallets of sup-plies collected from 13 donations sites across the state. New York State also deployed more than 1,000 personnel, including hundreds of utility workers and power experts to help with power restoration and grid stabilization.

Governor Cuomo and the New York Congressional Delegation continue to advocate for Puerto Rico to get the federal aid they need and deserve. In December, Governors Cuomo and Ros-selló, and members of the New York Congressional Delegation released a Build Back Better Assessment Re-port that called for a $94.4 billion fed-eral aid package to help Puerto Rico build back stronger. The plan identi-fi ed specifi c sectors needing invest-ments, including housing, power grid and resiliency, agriculture and others. Together with $487 million for public safety and fi rst response and $9 billion for long-term recovery management, the total funding need is $94.4 billion.

AIRPORT VOICEThe airport community has many golf events throughout the season into October with players of all types taking part. You can see all types of style and personality in each per-son who plays the game.

Whether you are a pro or leisure player, it is always good to make a birdie or make par. In the images below we can see the inspira-

tion, joy, despair and determination of some of the players who we have fun with.

It is great to see the personal characteris-tics of those who take up the challenge and their body posture and facial expressions as they play and either hit or miss.

The airport community has over a dozen golf events throughout the season with ten more to go through early October.

THE THRILL OF VICTORY!

(Left) Deysi from WOW airlines is wowed by her shot. (Center) Pastor Dabee thanks the man upstairs for his victory. (Right) Oh yeah! Photos by Jeff Yapalater

RESCUEContinued from page 2

nity to Be Considered in Environ-mental Review Process;

Cuomo praised Assemblyman Jef-frion Aubry and State Senator Jose Peralta for their efforts in passing legislation to consider alternative routes that would lessen the poten-tial impacts of AirTrain LGA on res-idents, while supporting LaGuardia Airport’s ongoing modernization.

The Port already has conducted numerous meetings with local elected offi cials, community groups and other stakeholders to elicit comments regarding potential AirTrain routes ahead of the formal environmental review process. The agency will con-tinue to actively seek further input.

The Port is working with the MTA to build a new station complex at Mets-Willets Point, with easy transfer op-tions between the LIRR or 7-line and the new AirTrain, which will run ap-proximately every four minutes. The estimated travel time between mid-town Manhattan and the airport of less than 30 minutes is comprised of an approximate 16-minute journey on the LIRR between Penn Station or Grand Central and Willets Point, fol-lowed by an approximate 6-minute journey from the Willets Point.

AIRTRAIN LGAContinued from page 3


AIRPORT VOICEAuthor William J, McGee appeared at a book signing of his new novel, Half A Child, at Vaughn College. The novel is about how a LaGuardia air traffi c con-troller stresses out – due to spousal child abduction – in the new novel of fatherly love by a former LaGuardia and JFK dis-patcher and author of the 2012 non-fi c-tion industry exposé Attention All Pas-sengers.

The novel focuses on the painful and rarely explored issue of “parental alien-ation” -- when one parent in a custody battle attempts to turn a child against the other parent. The novel explores custody, child abduction, and parental alienation — from a devoted dad’s per-spective

HALF THE CHILD tackles the rarely explored and volatile issues of child ab-

duction and parental alienation—when one parent attempts to turn a child against the other parent. The story un-folds over four consecutive summers in the lives of Michael Mullen, a LaGuar-dia Airport air traffi c controller, and his son Benjamin, who ages from 2½ to 5½. The novel chronicles the separa-tion, divorce, custody battle—and heart-wrenching abduction—that threaten to tear apart father and son. Through it all, Mike steadfastly refuses to consider a life where he’d live apart from Ben. Ul-timately, father and son write their own love story.

Tens of millions of fathers and moth-ers—and their children—are victims of parental alienation, which can take a variety of painful forms. Awareness of this issue of “family bond obstruction” has been raised recently in courtrooms,

through celebrity break-ups, and by doc-umentary fi lmmakers.

William J. McGee, author of HALF THE CHILD, received an MFA in Fic-tion from Columbia University and has taught undergraduate and graduate Cre-ative Writing at Hofstra University. An award-winning nonfi ction writer as well, McGee is the author of Attention All Pas-sengers (HarperCollins, 2012), an exposé of the airline industry. He’s following that up with AirFear, a scripted televi-sion drama now in development. McGee has worked in airline fl ight operations management at LaGuardia Airport and served in the U.S. Air Force Auxiliary. He is a native of Queens, where most of the novel is set. McGee now lives in Con-necticut, where he is working on another novel.

He is also a devoted father.

AIRPORT VOICEA series of NASA fl ight tests has successfully demonstrated technologies that achieve a signifi cant reduction in the noise generated by aircraft and heard by communities near airports. This study will no doubt be welcomed by the many community residents who are active on the NYCAR or Roundtable, originally created to deal with airport noise.

“This noise reduction pro-duced by NASA technology is defi nitely momentous, and the best part is that it directly benefi ts the public,” said ARM Project Manager Kevin Wein-ert. “While there are obvious potential economic gains for the industry, this benefi ts the people who live near major airports, and have to deal with the noise of aircraft coming in to land. This could greatly re-duce the noise impact on these communities.”

The Acoustic Research Measurement (ARM) fl ights, which concluded in May at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Re-search Center in California, tested technology to address airframe noise, or noise that is produced by non-propulsive parts of the aircraft, during landing. The fl ights success-fully combined several tech-nologies to achieve a greater than 70 percent reduction in airframe noise.

“The number one public complaint the Federal Avia-tion Administration receives is about aircraft noise,” said Mehdi Khorrami, an aero-space scientist at NASA’s Langley Research Center in Virginia, and principal inves-tigator for Acoustic Research Measurement.

“NASA’s goal here was to reduce aircraft noise substan-tially in order to improve the quality of life for communities near airports. We are very confi dent that with the tested technologies we can substan-tially reduce total aircraft noise, and that could really make a lot of fl ights much qui-eter.”

NASA tested several ex-perimental designs on vari-ous airframe components of a Gulfstream III research air-craft at Armstrong, including landing gear fairings and cav-ity treatments designed and developed at Langley, as well

sulted from highly detailed computer simulations that led NASA engineers to what they believe is the ideal design for maximum noise reduction without increasing aerody-namic drag.

Another area of focus was landing gear cavities, also a known cause of airframe noise. These are the regions where the landing gear de-ploys from the main body of an aircraft, typically leaving a large cavity where airfl ow can get pulled in, creating noise.

NASA applied two con-cepts to these sections, includ-ing a series of chevrons placed near the front of the cavity with a sound-absorbing foam at the trailing wall, as well as a net that stretched across the opening of the main landing gear cavity. This altered the airfl ow and reduced the noise resulting from the interac-tions between the air, the cav-ity walls, and its edges.

To reduce wing fl ap noise, NASA used an experimental, fl exible fl ap that had previ-ously been fl own as part of the ACTE project, which investi-gated the potential for fl exi-ble, seamless fl aps to increase aerodynamic effi ciency. As opposed to conventional wing fl aps that typically feature gaps between the fl ap and the main body of the wing, the ACTE fl ap, built by FlexSys Inc. of Ann Arbor, Michigan, is a seamless design that elim-inates those gaps.

as the Adaptive Compliant Trailing Edge (ACTE) wing fl ap, which had previously been fl ight-tested to study aerodynamic effi ciency.

The aircraft fl ew at an al-titude of 350 feet, over an 185-sensor microphone array deployed on the Rogers Dry Lake at Edwards Air Force Base in California.

The Landing Gear Noise Reduction technology element addressed airframe noise caused by airfl ow moving past the landing gear on approach. The experimental landing gear tested by NASA features fairings that are porous along their front, meaning they con-sist of many tiny holes that, in part, allow some of the air to fl ow through the fairing, while also defl ecting some of the airfl ow around the land-ing gear.

Porous concepts have been studied before, but the unique design developed by NASA re-

NASA studies ways to reduce aircraft noise

NASA is fi nding ways to mitigate airplane-engine noise. Photo by Jeff Yapalater

JFK Rotary President Sonia Saleh presents boxes of crayons to Ro-tary luncheon guest, ninth-grader Bethany Kuster, who is the face of the COLOR FOR KIDS, the non-profi t giving coloring and art sup-plies to under-priviliged kids around the world. To date, more than 500,000 crayons have been shared with needy children. Photo by Jeff Yapalater

Adding a little color

Former tower controller pens novel


forum in Far Rockaway and was on a panel that was there to present the initiative and to seek resident input.

From the start he stated the desire of Port is to listen to the needs of businesses and people from SEQueens before any actual plans are made. So, he said it was important for all interested in doing business as contractors with Port need to step it up and do whatever is necessary to be part of the procurement.

Guests were asked to write questions on index cards for the panel to answer following the presentation.

The bulk of the questions were about jobs, training, mi-nority opportunities. Both Director Lawrence and Di-rector Government and Com-munity Affairs Justin Bern-bach stressed that this meeting was the beginning of many that would bring the nearby airport communities into the redevel-opment process and YES, to all the above questions. b Law-rence stressed that it is critical for any fi rm wishing to do busi-ness needs to begin the process of application, certifi cation and listing of their business on the

Port Authority website as cer-tifi ed minority companies.

When the question was asked about Community Bene-fi ts Agreements, Lawrence said that the “ this detail is some-thing the community has to tell us”, which follows with the pro-cedure that Port wants specifi c input from the community.

Some of the websites to visit to begin this process are: www.panynjSD.gov; Procure-ment Registration, www.pap-rocure.com; Bid Proposal ad-vertisements; http://panynj.gov/business-opportunities/bid-proposal-advertisements

At the second meeting in Jamaica, the same presenta-tion was made to a much larger audience fi lled with individu-als, political groups, District Boards and local politicians. Again, the key questions re-volved around jobs, training and contracting opportunities. When asked specifi cally about training, Bernbach asked the audience “ what do you want. what do you need”? He pointed out that these forums are just the beginning of many meet-ings and that the Port delega-tions were on hand to provide as much information as pos-sible to inform everyone what the status is and how to be part of the contract process and lis-ten to all the requests and needs

of the communities involved. He said that a board would be created comprised of a wide se-lection of stakeholders to help guide the JFK Redevelopment Program forward. A website is currently under construction that will be the point of infor-mation for the JFK Redevel-opment Program in the very near future. He said that Port has just completed a scholar-ship with Vaughn College and that this might be a model for educational training with this project..

Bernbach also pointed cur-rent job seekers to the Coun-cil for Airport Opportunity (CAO) and businesses to con-tact the Queens ASDO for business contacts as well as community hire hall which will be part of the community offi ces that will be set up to engage with all who wish to benefi t from the many years of construction, retail, and related employment that will be generated by this program. Another panel speaker said that typically a lot of work is done by unions but there will also be a lot of opportunity for non-union private concerns as well as subcontracting jobs. Ida Berich of the Port also re-minded everyone that there are jobs available right now. She suggested that young

JFK GROWTH people begin to get involved because there are many air-port relate opportunities now and those who get involved now will benefi t as the project moves forward.

At the second meeting Mi-chael Massiah explained that the Port takes minority and women owned business very seriously, He said he was re-cently appointed as Port Au-thority Chief Diversity and Inclusion Offi cer and is very serious about making sure the economic needs of the communities would be met. Massiah made it clear that there is a 30% MBE/MWBE/SBE and DBE stipulation but interested parties must make themselves known to the pro-curement process.

These meetings went a long way is establishing a working relationship between govern-ment and the public. Despite one individual who stood up and complained about the agenda and question and an-swer process, he was discour-aged to continue his rant by the majority of the guests who be-lieved that the Port has made a sincere effort to bring the com-munity into the fi rst phase of redevelopment and that oppor-tunities are there for the com-munity to grow with the air-port project.

Lawrence said that people need to get their companies qualifi ed so Port can get you the opportunity for anything and everything that we have out there”. As the Director of the JFK Redevelopment Jim Steven said “Port is strug-gling to fi nd local fi rms to be involved” so he and everyone else strongly recommended interested parties begin their application process, certifi ca-tion and procurement enroll-ment immediately.

According to Senator Sand-ers who represents a large part of the community affected, “I implore people to get ready for what is about to happen in Queens and not let opportu-nity pass them by”. Here are a few names and emails of those who can assist with guidance throughout the certifi cation application process:

Judy Brown, [email protected]; Jayson Ortiz, [email protected]; Gloria Wigfall, [email protected] or call (212) 43507888 or [email protected],

There is no defi nite date for the next community forum but it may be in August. Port said it will advertise these through their social media, community leaders and fl yers that make their way around the community.

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JEFF YAPALATERAh, fi nally the Kaamco Golf Day! At the

last minute the original date was aborted be-cause of one lousy rainy day. It was unclear if a venue could be found during the season. But, the Kaamco team did just that at the lux-urious Plandome Country Club. What a beau-tiful golf course with endless rolling hills. Well it was great if you had a golf cart. Some of the holes seemed so far apart that the wa-tering hole/ BBQ stop was very welcomed.

A large number of foursomes was in play with many just out for a good time. Those more competitive golfers got a little frustrated wait-ing for the leisure swingers to move along but

it was all in good fun.Judy and Rafaella were riding around the

course providing hydration to the players oh such a beautifully warm day.

The golfi ng was followed by a cocktail hour where some men gathered in the Adiron-dack chairs, smoked Cohibas and reviewed the good and bad shots of the day while oth-ers mingled with airport friends sharing a drink.

All was followed by a tasteful sit-down din-ner and player awards.

From all accounts, everyone had a good time, competitive player or not! But we are still mid-season, so more games to play.

KAAMCO GOLF DAY SCORES BIG WITH MEMBERS


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