Vol. 37 No. 3 Serving New York Airports March 2015 JFK CHAMBER CONTRIBUTES JFK Air Cargo Association $1000 TO WOUNDED WARRIORS IN Luncheon MEMORY OF BUD HEANING Pictured L-R, Phil Jensen, Tom Kelliher, Kevin McMahon, James Barnes & Joe Clabby. What is the Wounded Warrior Project? a sense of duty to volunteer for the military The Wounded Warrior Project® (WWP) following these tragic events. serves veterans and service members who For WWP, there is a distinct difference incurred a physical or mental injury, ill- between members and alumni; the term ness, or wound, co-incident to their mili- alumni indicates a mutual shared experience tary service on or after September 11, 2001 and denotes your place in an organization and their families. On that date, America was earned. There are no dues here - those watched in horror as approximately 3,000 were paid by wearing the uniform and on people died including hundreds of fi refi ght- the battlefi eld. ers and rescue workers. Many warriors note FREE CHOCOLATE HEARTS ARE Dr. Peter Canellis of Vaughn College was the keynote speaker at the JFK Air Cargo IN THE “AIR” AT LAGUARDIA’S Association Luncheon at the JFK Hilton. Pictured left to right is Joe Badamo, Pres. JFK Air Cargo Assoc.; Dr. Peter Canellis, Professor, Vaughn College; Laura Cascino, TERMINAL B Secretary-JFK Air Cargo Assoc. All retail stores in Terminal B LaGuar- dia Airport had free milk chocolate hearts .inside available for travel- ers. Chocolates were Airport Press handed out to cus- tomers on February Airline News...........................2 Classified..............................16 13, 14, 15 and 16. Airport News.........................9 Comic...................................14 To spread the love Aviation News.........................13 Feature Photo........................13 and cheer, some lucky passengers even got Cargo News.............................5 Names in the News..................16 to meet the roaming Cupid in Terminal B March 2015 • Vol. 37 No. 3 LGA. airportpress.us 2 • March 2015 • Airport Press Metro Edition Airport News or the child of an aviation industry employee is to be submitted/postmarked no later than (TSA) offi cers detected two guns in the or a student of Aviation High School, NY March 15, 2015. handbags of women in unrelated incidents-. City entering into or currently enrolled in an For students who meet the criteria, the A Columbia County, New York, woman accredited 2-4 year degree program. submitted essay entries will be reviewed by was stopped by TSA offi cers after the TSA 2. Has a High School grade average of the Christ for the World Chapel Scholarship offi cer who was staffi ng the checkpoint X- 75-85%, not likely to be offered academic Committee members. The most outstanding ray machine detected a .40 caliber semi- scholarship (verifi able via High School essay will be selected and recommended to automatic handgun in the woman’s handbag. Transcript). the Christ for the World Chapel Advisory The woman claimed that she forgot that she 3. Parent(s) not eligible for state or fed- Board. had her gun with her. eral grants due to fi nancial situations such Christ for the World Chapel TSA contacted the Port Authority Po- as: owning a home or working at a position Terminal 4 Departure Level lice, who confi scated the gun, which was that pays $50K or more.” JFK International Airport, NY 11430 unloaded. The woman, a resident of Cha- 4. Student has worked part-time while (718) 656-5693 tham, New York, was arrested on a weapons CHRIST FOR THE WORLD attending High School (verifi able via 1099, FAX (718) 656-8162 charge. Travelers who bring guns to airports CHAPEL SCHOLARSHIP W-2 or fi led 1040). [email protected] are subject to arrest or citation by police and 5. Student has participated in community civil penalties from TSA. AWARD 2015 service during High School (verifi able via TSA CAUGHT TWO GUNS Christ for the World Chapel began minis- Letter of Reference or Recommendation). try at the John F. Kennedy International Air- 6. Is recommended by applicants spiritual AT JFK INTERNATIONAL port in 1964 as the JFK Protestant Chapel. leader and the application requirements. AIRPORT CHECKPOINTS The ministry was established by the Council Application Steps: It was an unusually busy morning at the of Churches of the City of New York (then, 1. Complete and sign the Christ for the checkpoints at JFK International Airport The Protestant Council). Located on the 4th World Chapel Scholarship Award Applica- as Transportation Security Administration fl oor (departures level) in Terminal 4 at the tion 1. 2015 form on page 3. John F. Kennedy International Airport, the 2. High School Transcript. mission of the Chapel is to fulfi ll the man- 3. Letter of Recommendation from Spiri- date given by Jesus the Christ to “Go into tual Leader.. all the world and preach the gospel to every 4. Letter of Reference or Recommenda- creature.” tion endorsing applicant’s Community Ser- Bringing the good news of God’s grace vice. to the world takes many forms and one of 5. Write a 500 word essay using the fol- COURTESY OF TSA them is to offer a one-time Scholarship in the lowing theme and topic direction: Theme: amount of $2,000 towards the higher educa- “A Path to the Future.” In the second, unrelated incident, a tion of an aviation industry employee work- Topic direction: Brooklyn, New York, woman was caught by ing at John F. Kennedy International Airport, a) Where will a scholarship award take TSA offi cers with a CO2-powered BB gun the child of an aviation industry employee or you in your academic and career path and in her bag. Port Authority Police were noti- a student of Aviation High School, NY City. b) Public Aviation: Now and into the Fu- COURTESY OF TSA fi ed and issued the woman a summons. This The criteria eligibility is as follows: ture. This .40 caliber was caught by TSA CO2-operated BB gun was caught by TSA 1. An aviation industry employee work- 6. 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Travelers should famil- iarize themselves with state and local fi rearm ity had an informal rule in effect at LaGuar- laws for each point of travel prior to depar- dia, the smallest of the three airports, that Dr. Dmitry Epelboym and Associates have over ture. prohibited nonstop fl ights into or out of La- Guardia from points more than 2,000 miles 20 years of experience in the newest, most (3,200 kilometers) away, according to a brief ORLANDO AIRPORT, fi led by the U.S. solicitor general in a case advanced, implant and cosmetic dentistry U.S. CUSTOMS SIGN that Delta Air Lines Inc. brought against the techniques available today. AGREEMENT FOR Port Authority, which went to the U.S. Su- preme Court. EXPEDITED INTERNATIONAL In 1984, following a study, the Port Au- PROCESSING thority instituted a formal 1,500-mile perim- The Greater eter rule, though it grandfathered in service to Orlando Avia- Denver, which is more than 1,600 miles from tion Author- the Queens airport, according to the brief.