privateaircraft

Rich Ropp, President of Priester discusses Professional Aircraft Management – the services it includes and their potential value to the aircraft’s owner. The discussion includes:

• Defining Professional Aircraft Management.
• The various services available through Professional Aircraft
• Management and their potential value to the owner.
• Does aircraft management make sense for any aircraft size?
  The kinds of Fees associated with Aircraft Management services.
• What are the questions a potential aircraft owner should ask any firm they are considering?
• Does a management company’s location relative to the operator’s home base matter?

Emily Deaton, jetAVIVA’s CEO, discusses her company’s view of the current market. Topics covered include:

• How is demand appears to be shaping up as we enter 2022.
• The percentage of first-time buyers during 2021, the type of private transportation mechanism were they using prior to their acquisition, and the primary drivers these entities cited as their reason for acquiring an aircraft.
• Elements required for achieving a successful transaction in the current market.
• Why a prospective buyer or seller should seek the services of an experienced aircraft broker.
• What buyers should do to be prepared to execute an acquisition.
• Views on 2022 aircraft values.
• Potential hurdles during 2022 and their effect on the market.

With statistics showing the number of first-time aircraft buyers to be at perhaps an all-time high, David Mayer, a Partner at the Shackelford, Bowen, McKinley & Norton law firm, discusses what first-time private aircraft buyers need to know. This conversation touched on numerous topics, including:

• The types of entities seeking to acquire an aircraft for the first time, and what is motivating their acquisition.
• The private flying familiarity shared by first-time buyers, and their level of knowledge about buying an aircraft.
• How far a first-time buyer’s aircraft search is likely to have progressed before they turn to an aviation attorney for assistance.
• The top three topics first-time buyers most want to discuss.
• Guiding a first-time buyer through the acquisition process.
• The top three issues aircraft owners are likely to face once their purchase has closed.
• Services an aviation attorney can provide to first-time buyers that they need to consider.