Aviation Advisor
Reasons to use corporate aircraft
- Aircraft utilization strategies
- Performance metrics for flight operations
Senior manager selection and placement
Aircraft acquisition planning
Pre-buy management and delivery
- Initial search and negotiation
- Acquisition and legal compliance
Corporate aviation safety
- Corporate aviation’s excellent safety record
- Safety policies, cultures and programs
- Need for and role of a safety manager
- Industry safety standards
- Required and recommended safety equipment
- Incident/accident response plans
- Safety reporting and its value
The regulatory authority
- Regulations affecting your operation
- Accepting payment for flights
- Flying elected officials
Staffing the flight department
- Duties and responsibilities of flight department personnel
- Record keeping requirements
- Passenger travel policies
- Passenger safety and training
Airports and facilities
- Airports for corporate aviation
- Background information regarding airports
- Key parameters of airport infrastructure for your aircraft needs
Tax and budgeting issues
- Sales and use taxes on aircraft
- Local taxes
- Federal taxes on fuel and transportation
- Tax benefits on owning and operating corporate aircraft
- Implications of using a corporate aircraft for personal flights
- Budget for flight operations
Aviation insurance issues
- Hull and liability insurance
- Best coverage and rates for your operation
- Employee insurance issues
Security Planning
- Flight department personnel security issues
- Protecting your aircraft at home and intransient
- Protecting your aircraft at home and in transit
- Securing the aircraft and handling security issues
- Security resources
