Don Baldwin, President & CEO of Baldwin Aviation, discusses his company’s development of easy-to-use, intuitive, customized Safety Management Systems to provide a comprehensive and supportive safety programs for each client’s organization. Topics covered include:

• What a Safety Management System provides to an aircraft operator and why organizations need such programs.
• Metrics that prove Safety programs truly work.
• How the FAA and NTSB view operators without a Safety program.
• Voluntary programs offered by the FAA.  Are these beneficial?
• How Insurance Underwriters view Safety programs and how Safety programs impact insurability.
• Establishing and maintaining a Safety Management System.  How complex is the process?

William Sturm, Vice President of Sales for Aero Asset, and a co-owner of the firm, reviews how the helicopter market withstood the pandemic, and where things might be headed the remainder of 2021.

Aircraft sales are brisk half-way through the second Quarter of this year, so we asked Jay Mesinger, CEO of Mesinger Jet Sales, to join us again for another market update. Topics covered include:

• An overview of Q1 2021 and the current market.
• Current pricing for in-service aircraft.
• Buyer preference for low-time, younger aircraft and the potential for in-service aircraft purchasers to shift their focus toward new aircraft.
• Are many older aircraft now residing with their final owner?
• Existing and potential near-term hurdles or tailwinds.

Jared Maynard - Senior Program Manager, Gulfstream & Pre-owned Aircraft Programs, Satcom Direct covers the subject of Aircraft Connectivity. Topics covered include:

• An explanation of Aircraft Connectivity for the first-time aircraft buyer.
• Suggestions regarding connectivity upgrades for seasoned aircraft operators.
• The connectivity possible based on aircraft size.
• What the future holds relative to new connectivity systems and networks in development.
• What connectivity might make sense relative to smaller and/or older aircraft.
• Changes as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic likely to be long-lasting.

Rollie Vincent, Creator and Director of JETNET iQ, and Paul Cardarelli, Vice President of Sales for JETNET discuss how Business Aviation is recovering from the COVI-19 pandemic, market trends becoming visible, and how the industry may shape up as we move forward. Topics covered include:

• How the Business Aviation recovery from the COVID-19-induced crisis differs the downturn in 2008/2009?
• The market forces that are impacting values today?
• Aircraft acquisitions by first time buyers during 2020 and today.
• Market trends that stand out during the early months of 2021.
• Tailwinds, or headwinds, that could impact the business aircraft market in the near future.
• Will private flying increase or decrease once the COVID vaccine has become widely available?
• The potentially long-lasting changes to Business Aviation as a result of the pandemic.

This article was authored by David Wyndham, Vice President – Consulting Services, Asset Insight, LLC, and published in the December 2016 edition of AvBuyer Magazine.

Subjects covered include:

• The value brought by a Consultant to the decision-making process.
• Why a Consultant may be viewed as an “aircraft therapist”.
• What to consider when selecting a Consultant.
• Why a Consultant should not be viewed as a decision-maker.
• How to identify the right Consultant for an assignment.
• Making sure the Consultant understands your expectations.
• Compensation strategies when hiring a Consultant.

This article was authored by David Wyndham and published in the December 2015 edition of AvBuyer Magazine. Subjects covered include:

• Tools flight department managers need to track their department’s costs.
• Predisposed views that some managers have when talking about aircraft costs.
• Information that is vital in deciding when to replace an aircraft due to increasing costs.
• The additional benefits of cost accounting.
• Developing accurate cost allocation for departmental air transportation charge-backs.

To read the original article in the digital edition of AvBuyer Magazine, click here and turn to page 64.

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.

Stuart Illian, a Co-Founder of Bluetail, Inc., discusses the company’s aircraft record management system for business aviation that allows aircraft owners and operators the ability to digitize and organize their aircraft paper records – including logbooks, maintenance records, manuals and other related documents.

• The real value Bluetail’s system provides to business aircraft owners.
• How an aircraft owner would convert their paper records into Bluetail’s digitized system.
• FAA regulations governing digitized records.
• How Bluetail’s system complement Maintenance Tracking platforms.
• The system’s cost for a business aircraft owner.
• Initial hurdles and challenges since launching the program in May of 2020.
• Advancements the industry can expect to see in the near future.

Ed Bolen, President & CEO, National Business Aviation Association NBAA President & CEO, Ed Bolen discusses the Association’s efforts within, and value to, the Business Aviation Community. Topics covered include:

• NBAA’s Advocacy focus, and some of the current issues affecting business aviation.
• The response to this year’s virtual NBAA-BACE from Association members.
• The positive signs and hurdles as we move through 2021.
• Access to Industry Experts available to NBAA Members.
• NBAA’s Education & Career Development resources.
• Scholarship programs for people seeking to enter the industry, as well as professionals already working within business aviation.
• NBAA’s resources relative to safety education.