After more than a year at the helm of Ground Support Worldwide magazine, this will be my last issue as your editor.
I’m happy to say that over the past year we redesigned and diversified the voice of the magazine, put together a gigantic GSE Expo (coming up quickly, October 18-20) and expanded our coverage across all segments of ground support manufacturing and operations. And I think you’ll find more changes coming over the next year to improve the magazine and hopefully the industry at large.
I want to specifically thank Missy Zingsheim, the publisher of Ground Support Worldwide, for her help, guidance and patience in getting me up to speed on GSE and ground handling last summer. Missy’s dedication to this magazine and her passion in this industry is tremendous, and contagious. This magazine, this company and this industry are fortunate to have her. I know I was fortunate to learn from her decade-plus of experience – and all of the people who came with it.
In addition to Missy, there’s a long list of people from a litany of manufacturers, FBOs, airlines, ground handlers and more who have made this job a great one. Given the volume of you, and the paralyzing fear of forgetting someone, I can’t list you individually. Know that you’re the ones who make this industry tick.
My hope has always been for you to see Ground Support Worldwide as your voice in the industry. In a traditionally underserved segment, I’ve prided myself on providing as many different voices as possible an opportunity to talk about whatever’s keeping them up at night.
Over the course of the past year I’ve enjoyed sneaking in various music, television and literary references, including a tribute to David Bowie that I hope you enjoyed reading as much as I enjoyed getting into print.
I don’t know who will be the next editor of Ground Support Worldwide, but I know they’ll have tremendous leadership and a healthy magazine to guide into 2017.
