Women in Aviation – Lara L. Kaufmann – Advocate for the Neighborhood Airport

Neighborhood airport advocate Lara Kaufmann and son Christopher, 9.

April is Women in Aviation Month, so we thought we’d profile one of our favorite women in aviation.

Lara Kaufmann has two boys who love airplanes.

Like many good moms, she indulged their interest by spending time in a playground and restaurant near the airport [...]

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Business Gram

From the CEO

Turbulent economic challenges to businesses today demand that managers have a panoramic view when balancing operational resources with revenue and cost.

As we alluded to in the last issue, the “efficient utilization” of human resources has the attention of SSC management. We believe that efficiency directly affects the bottom line.

We [...]

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Quote Please

2012 is now in full swing with a little different outlook than previous springs. We are aggressively pursuing opportunities to provide flights to clients that are outside of our historical service region.

The market for flight services have evolved over the last few years and requires us to use a number of new ways to [...]

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Safety & Security of Private Aviation

Click to enlarge. We didn't even include highway/motorist accidents on this chart, because it would blow the scale completely out of proportion.

 

As a matter of fact, travel by air continues to be the safest mode of travel. Which makes it ironic when I hear people say they are “going to drive” because [...]

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Slow Down Before You Start Moving

By Jarod Spencer

Aircraft go fast. Customers use these wonders of technology to get where they want to go more quickly than they otherwise could. Because of the pressures to meet schedules, flight crews can get in a rush. While efficiency is a hallmark of a well trained crew, speed for speeds sake is neither [...]

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Weather or Not?

Have you ever had a vacation interrupted, or even worse cancelled due to weather? You waited for months to get away, scheduled the time off work, dreamed about relaxing on the beach with your favorite book. Bags are packed, you are at the airport, all ready to go, you are so close, you can smell [...]

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Tax Time

By Doug Goldstrom

Now that we are a few months into 2012 and trying to keep all of our new year’s resolutions, if you made any, the last thing that we want to be reminded of are our tax returns that are due April 15.  Now is the time to pull all those receipts [...]

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Special Services Corporation (SSC) Offers Information and Assistance to Business Travelers, Flight Departments.

Greenville, SC

SSC recognizes that many businesspeople, especially in the Southeastern United States, have been working a lot more hours and harder than they need to.  SSC has launched a campaign to make their jobs easier and their work more effective.

Business executives, sales representatives, and service personnel have been spending hours (or days, [...]

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Technology Brings New Possibilities for Safety, Punctuality, and Dependability

The Electronic Flight Bag – iPads and other tools are quick substitutes to paper charts and approach plates. SSC uses the latest technology to keep our passengers safe and on time.

Private aviation is the safest and most convenient form of travel, and electronic devices and advances and technology are making it even safer [...]

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