Is this or is this not a recovery? I wrote an article recently about how to measure a recovery. In my daily conversations with industry players as well as prospects and clients this same subject comes up. Are we in a recovery? What shape is it? In financial circles we hear descriptions of...
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Jay Mesinger
Jay is the CEO/President of J. Mesinger Corporate Jet Sales, Inc. With 36 years of experience in the aviation industry, Jay founded J. Mesinger Corporate Jet Sales, Inc. (JMCJSI) over 20 years ago and has developed it into one of the top successful international aircraft brokerage firms today. Jay is a Member of the Board of Directors for the National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) and is Chairman of the Associate Member Advisory Council (AMAC). He also served on the Duncan Aviation Customer Advisory Board for two terms. In addition, as a much sought after speaker and writer, Jay is a regular presenter at industry conferences and contributes articles to major industry publications, as well as pens ‘The Mesinger Report’, a monthly dealer/broker newsletter that is distributed around the world. Also as an industry leader, Jay has developed decision making and valuation tools for buyers, sellers and operators of general aircraft, including Aviation Asset Manager Portfolio (AAMP) and 360˚ Guide to Acquisitions, as well as pioneered the first corporate aviation online resource, which is among the most visited and consulted site in the industry.
Robust or bust? To be or not to be? These are the questions.
Distractions.
Maybe, “distractions” is too harsh a word to describe wishful thinking. This market recovery is really no different from others in the past. Activity was down for an extended period of time. With little transaction activity we had lower prices. For a while it seemed as if you could just put up the gone...
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WATCHING THE SIGNALS
Over the last 18 months every one of us in this industry thought in terms of doomsday scenarios. It seemed our entire world as we knew it was crumbling. The industry seemed to stand still. Because aircraft transactions were down so were prebuys. Speaking of maintenance shops having fewer prebuys, they were also suffering...
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