The Brancatelli File for 1983 WHAT TO KNOW ABOUT JOE Joe Brancatelli is a publication consultant, which means that he helps media companies start, fix and reposition newspapers, magazines and Web sites. He is also the former executive editor of Frequent Flyer magazine and has been a consultant to or columnist for more business-travel and leisure-travel publishing operations than he can remember. He began his career as a business reporter and created JoeSentMe.com in the dark days after 9/11 while stranded in a hotel room in San Francisco. He lives on the Hudson River in Cold Spring, New York. December 15: KAI TAK WILL BE WITH US FOR A WHILE Recent upheavals in the Hong Kong economy may be temporary, but diplomatic brinkmanship between Great Britain and China has chalked up one permanent casualty: Plans for a much-needed replacement for aging and overworked Kai Tak Airport are dead. Now Hong Kong hopes a patch to overburdened Kai Tai will keep it running into the next decade. Copyright © 1983-2019 by Joe Brancatelli. All rights reserved.