As published in Business Air Magazine. Pick up about any aviation magazine and you can read an article similar to this one. The upcoming equipment mandates are coming and you need to be prepared. Yet, when talking to many of the major shops that do this work, they tell us they think the industry is well…
Reliability versus Availability As published in Business Air issue #9 2017 This article is for anyone owning a plane, whether you just purchased it new, used or have an existing aircraft. Understanding what these terms really mean to your operation is important. It can shed light on a problem aircraft, it can show that your…
As published in BusinessAir Volume 27 #6 Visit about any flight department and they can quote you a variety of facts and figures about their operation. They can tell you how many hours, cycles, fuel burn per hour, legs, average fuel price at home and away, passenger load and about anything else that you might…
Understanding Costs of Ownership As published in BusinessAir Volume 27 #5 Chances are if you are perusing the pages of this magazine you are considering changing planes. Whether written down or not, you have a comfort zone for the capital that you have to spend. Understanding the operating costs to own the aircraft is very…
As published in BusinessAir Magazine The acquisition of private travel places most CFO’s and “C” suite executives outside their comfort zone. It is a purchase that is highly visible and most companies are not well prepared for the due diligence. The following roadmap is designed for first time jet card, fractional or whole aircraft purchasers…
As published in BusinessAir Magazine Issue 2, 2017. As an economics major we were taught that economic models were based on rational behavior. It seems like more and more there does not to appear to be any rationality in many markets, let alone the aircraft market! This makes many of our past buying behavioral models…