Appreciation Letter

November 30, 2006.

Peter Smithfeld
President and CE
North America
!r. "avid #imberl$
"irector %eneral, Civil Aviation
%overnment o& Se$chelles
'0 (sland )ie* Par+*a$
Se$chelles
"ear "avid,
( *o,ld li+e to ta+e this opport,nit$ to e-press m$ heart&elt than+s to $o, &or $o,r
ver$ activeparticipation in o,r recent con&erence in !ontreal on the .&,t,re o&
aviation.. /he Chairman and0oard !embers have also as+ed me to pass on their
sincere appreciation &or $o,r e1orts ins,pportin2 the (nstit,te in this important
,nderta+in2.
3o,r s+ill in chairin2 the controversial panel on ./he 4ole o& "evelopin2 Co,ntries
in the 5,t,reo& Aviation !ana2ement. *as ver$ m,ch appreciated b$ those
representin2 all sides o& thate-tremel$ sensitive topic. As *ell, *e have received
n,mero,s post6con&erence re7,ests &or thepaper $o, delivered on ./he Critical
(ss,e o& Cooperation 0et*een Airlines and Airports.. (tappears that $o, ma$ have
penned a best6seller *ith that one8
n both a pro&essional and a personal level, ( reall$ appreciated the time that the
t*o o& ,s *ereable to spend to2ether &or &,n and re9ection d,rin2 con&erence
do*n times. ( certainl$ learned alot abo,t the ,ni7,e aspects o& aviation
operations in $o,r part o& the *orld :not to mention thethin2s $o, ta,2ht me
abo,t the bac+hand on the s7,ash co,rt8;.
<A2ain, than+s so m,ch &or $o,r enth,siastic participation in o,r con&erence. (
have no do,bt thatit *o,ld not have been the s,ccess that it *as *itho,t $o,r
presence.
Please +eep in to,ch, and drop in and visit ,s *henever $o, are in this part o& the
*orld.
)er$ sincerel$,
Peter Smithfeld
President and CE
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