Dear David,

　　I would like to take this opportunity to express my heartfelt gratitude to you for your very active participation in our recent conference in Montreal on the “future of aviation”. The chairman and board members have also asked me to pass on their sincere appreciation for your efforts in supporting the institute in this important undertaking.

　　Your skill in chairing the controversial panel on “the role of developing countries in the future of aviation management” was highly appreciated by those representing all sides of that extremely sensitive topic. As well, we have received numerous post-conference requests for the paper you delivered on “the critical issue of cooperation between airlines and airports”. It appears that you my have penned a best-seller with that one!

　　On both a professional and a personal level, I really appreciated the time that the two of us were able to spend together for fun and reflection during

　　conference down times. I certainly learned a lot about the unique aspects of aviation operation in your part of the world (not to mention the things you taught me about the backhand on the squash court!)

　　We are currently hard at work producing the “compendium of conference

　　proceedings” document, and we expect to be sending it out to all participants early in the new year.

　　Again, thanks so much for your enthusiastic participation in our conference. I have no doubt that it would not have been the success that it was without your presence.

　　Please keep in touch ,and drop in and visit us whenever you are in this part of the world.

　　Very sincerely

　　Peter Smithfield

　　親愛的大衛，

　　我想要在 " 航空的未來 " 上的蒙特利爾利用這機會為你我們的最近會議的非常活

　　躍的參與表達我的衷心感謝你。主席和成員也要求我傳遞他們對你的努力誠懇的賞識得在這項重要的事業中支援學會方面的董事會。你的技能依正在表現那個極端敏感主題的所有邊的人們在擔任在 " 發展中國家的角色未來航空管理 " 上的爭論的面板方面高度地被感激。也，我們已經受到很多的你在 " 航空公司和飛機場之間的合作的緊要關頭議題 " 上遞送的紙在會議之后的請求。看來你我的寫一個旺銷書與一！在一個專業人士和一個個人的層次身上，我真的感激時間我們中的二個下時代在會議上為樂趣和反射能夠一起花費。我無疑地在我們在產生 " 會議進行的簡述 " 文件的工作上現在硬式的你的世界 （更別提你在褶皺不堪法院上關于反拍教我的事物！) 的一部份中學習了關于航空運算的獨特方面的總量，而且我們在新年期待送出它給所有叁加者早的。再次，謝謝這么多為你我們的會議的狂熱參與。我沒有它不會是成功的懷疑它沒有你的出現是。請在觸覺，和放中保存在和拜訪我們每當你在世界的這一個地方。

　　非常真誠地

　　彼得 Smithfield