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As the first quarter of 2013 draws to a close I am reminded that reporting for that period will soon be due, not to mention federal income tax filing here in the United States. Both are means by which business owners and individuals alike take inventory of their professional and personal financial status, serving to remind one of where you are and what needs to be done to improve upon the situation. The end of this quarter falls on a holiday weekend which affords me a bit of time to reflect upo

I’m back to pond-hopping on a regular basis and therefore taking note of what has changed with regards to scheduled airline service in what seems a very short period of time. As a long-time, long-haul devotee of the now defunct Continental Airlines, I am sad to see how much has been lost and how what remains is a colder climate approach to service. So, as a proponent of business aviation I am pleased to report that, economy aside, our sector of the aviation industry has nothing to worry about.

Confidence is a commodity that is in rather short supply these days. While the market for business aircraft is slow for a number of different reasons, the lack of confidence being expressed by buyers is a major contributing factor as to why it won’t jumpstart itself. Without confidence buyers are likely to do a whole lot of nothing when it comes to investing in anything. Confidence is an essential element of every business deal and every item in which one choses to invest in. No relationship i

“Where are the aircraft resale markets headed?” is among the first questions posed to me in just about every conversation I have as of late. Don’t you know I wish I could look forward with complete accuracy 100% of the time? Then I might be writing this blog from a beach in some exotic locale as opposed to my present state of being crammed into an economy seat on a commercial airliner.

August for most of the business world generally means it is going to be very quiet while everyone wiles away their time on the last vestiges of summer. Yes, captains of industry and us aircraft brokers alike always have one finger stuck up in the air trying to figure out which way the wind blows, but little was one prepared for the gale that swooped down upon the world this month. Augustus was not about to allow anyone to nap.

Well, if you haven’t heard by now, the U.S. President decided last week during a press conference to malign the business aviation industry by accusing users of business jets as enjoying tax benefits above and beyond what is afforded to users of other business equipment. Gee, last I heard accelerated depreciation was a creation of the current administration as part of the stimulus package to jumpstart the economy and create jobs. So when did the users of business jets become the primary reason

It’s been ages since I have had to set foot in a commercial airline terminal let alone board one of those people haulers. Besides having the benefit of flying private I have taken to driving myself to destinations I know I will be at for at least a week and are within more or less a seven hour circle of Houston just to avoid what I consider a very painful experience flying commercial.

Ahhh the holidays and the joys of commercial airline travel! That time of year when all good people who used to take a sleigh and head over the river and through the woods to Grandma’s house now flock to the airport. It was bad enough dealing with that certain subset of the population that fly but once a year, but now we get to add to it the tortuous check-in and security experience that of full body scans and TSA groping. Whatever possesses people to bring wrapped Christmas packages in a pape

In packing for an extended stay on the road, particularly in this day and age of airline travel, the weight of my baggage is on the forefront of my mind. Gone are the days that one could elect to throw that extra jacket in the suitcase or one more pair of shoes, let alone consider taking along the Nancy Gonzalez blue crocodile purse that oh so perfectly works with jeans.

August is a tough month for the aircraft broker. Thirty-one days spent waiting for September in heat and humidity (at least in my part of the world), while the rest of the inhabitants of the western hemisphere are on holiday. Or so it seems...