Contents - April, 2009

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FEATURES

10. POSITION & HOLD
    Business aviation-a perfect tool to optimize productivity
    by Dave Smith
    Industry's key strengths include connecting, interacting and achieving balance.

32. EVENT COVERAGE
    Heli-Expo 2009
    by Woody McClendon
    Buoyant govt, industrial, first responder markets counter slow corporate sales.

56. FLIGHT DEPT PROFILE
    SAG, Quebec's helping hand to the world
    by Philippe Cauchi
    Agency uses large, diverse fleet to suppress forest fires, combat crime and save lives.

64. BIZAV ECONOMICS
    Whose business is it anyway?
    by Don Van Dyke
    A sobering look at the role of company-operated aircraft in today's global economy.

72. COMPANY WINGS
    Redefining the corporate aircraft as a business tool
    by Dan Kormanik
    Flying workhorses-a realistic appraisal for 2009.

78. FLIGHTDECK TECHNOLOGY
    GPS approaches to anywhere
    by Glenn Connor
    Satellite-based situational awareness makes enroute nav and landings safer.

84. INTERNATIONAL OPS
    Update on South American flying
    by Grant McLaren
    Observing the rules, ground service issues and other hurdles for pilots.

88. ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
    Climate change and its effects on business flying
    by Marvin Cetron
    Scarcity of natural resources will increase political instability and skew global trade.

92. PART 135 AND 91K
    Adding supplemental lift
    by Paul Richfield
    Companies turn to charter and fractionals when flight dept aircraft are overbooked.

96. HELO OPS
    Improving safety in EMS and other rotary-wing flight ops
    by David Bjellos
    Avionics and training, with possible new FAA/NTSB rules, will reduce CFIT.

102. WX BRIEF
     Flying in turbulent skies
     by Karsten Shein
     Why gusts and crosswinds demand pilots' respect.