[quote=IO540].................In any event, I am quite sure that nobody close to the IOM setup is going to be posting any details here. This stuff is highly political. .............. quote]
If you seriously want to know about the IOM register and have a genuine and realistic interest the Director will talk to you - he talked to me!
I don't think it is political really, it's a commercial decision. The IoM Government have a successful shipping register, and this has all sorts of spin off benefits for the IoM economy. Beneficiaries include Lawyers, Finance houses, Insurers, etc, all based in the Isle of Man. A logical extension is aircraft, as there are possibly even more spin offs there, many airliners and bizjets are lease financed, etc.
As I said before, the register is not one for SEP aircraft, think Gulfstream 4 and you're on the right wavelength!