About AE Link Publications

AE Link was founded in 2006, but it really began many years before that in the far reaches of China, where as an Aviation English teacher I struggled to teach would-be pilot students how to make sense of the indecipherable radio chatter that they would have to learn to communicate with when they went on to flight training.

Serendipity intervened in the form of a fellow teacher who arrived at the school for her twelfth time. Her course had to be fit into the many others she had scheduled because there, in China, she was legendary. She was Liz Mariner, an Australian dynamo, a one-woman teaching whirlwind. Her effect on the students was amazing. She had a seemingly magical way of getting them to talk and to listen well enough to really hear.

“It’s not hard to get them talking about airplanes,” Liz would say, “but you’ll never find it in a workbook because that one hasn’t been written yet.” And she was right. Standard ESL workbooks could teach the students how to buy a bus ticket or ask directions to the post office, but there was no material in existence that would teach them how to speak the language of aviation—a challenging enough task for the native English speaker. So, AE Link was born. And now, in Cleared for Takeoff, her easy-to-use workbooks, Liz Mariner shares her knowledge, her enthusiasm, and her simple joy for living and teaching with the rest of the world.

Daniel Myers

THE AE LINK TEAM

Daniel Myers, Managing Director. Dan has more than 30 years’ experience in the aviation industry. He is a pilot, flight instructor, air traffic controller, Aviation English teacher, and a published novelist. For subrights, distribution, and other business partnerships, contact Dan at .

Steven Barker, Commercial Development Director. Steve recently retired after 25 years as an air traffic controller at Los Angeles International Airport. He is an ESL teacher and a sailplane pilot and is fluent in Japanese. If your flight training school, ATC training institution, or airline needs expert guidance on program development contact Steve at .

Paul Myers, Sales and Marketing Director. Paul has spent a lifetime in the business of people. Widely traveled and multilingual, he likes to say that his job is the most fun: getting to know people, to know what they need, and to help them obtain it. If you have questions about AE Link’s products, or would like to discuss your order, large or small, contact Paul at .

Kathryn LaVergne, Production Manager. With many years’ experience in editing, writing, and publications production, Kathy is also an ESL teacher. She oversees production of our training materials, ensuring that AE Link products are clear, organized, and easy to use.

“Jack” Zhu Kexin 中国区域销售代理, Sales Representative in China

Jack is a resident of Chengdu, an international airline captain, flight instructor, and Aviation English teacher. Jack may be contacted at jack@a-e-link.com

Jack, 居住在成都，航空公司机长，飞行教员，航空英语教员。联系地址 jack@a-e-link.com