Aircraft Management
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Aircraft Management
I'm interested to learn what is typically involved in the management of say, a small business jet. I'm guessing that apart from the obvious supplying of crews, flight planning and bookings etc, that a management company would also liaise with maintenance providers; arrange insurance perhaps? Would they typically pay ALL bills up front and then invoice the owner or would operating and maintenance bills be paid directly by the owner?
Any info would be received with interest and thanks!
Any info would be received with interest and thanks!
I'm interested to learn what is typically involved in the management of say, a small business jet. I'm guessing that apart from the obvious supplying of crews, flight planning and bookings etc, that a management company would also liaise with maintenance providers; arrange insurance perhaps? Would they typically pay ALL bills up front and then invoice the owner or would operating and maintenance bills be paid directly by the owner?
Any info would be received with interest and thanks!
Any info would be received with interest and thanks!
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Crew training
Company quality procedures - internal auditing
Liaison with CAA / responding to their external audits
Staff management / training / recruitment / succession planning
Maintaining the company manuals
Maintaining 1001 other controlled documents
Hangerage
Cleaning
Liaising with, and reporting to, the owners
Liaising with maintenance organisation
Liaising with home airport management
Juggling bookings / useage priorities / maintenance requirements
OFP generation
Airport / airspace / fuel bookings & payment
Upgrade planning (aircrew will always be after something, owners will never want to pay for it.)
And other stuff I'll probably think of later.
My limited experience is that payments tend to be split between customer and contractor, depending upon nature, location and markup - the precise arrangement will depend upon the local business model that all concerned have agreed to.
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Genghis,
I'm making the assumption that much of your list assumes that the management company will be an AOC holder? If it was a small set up, non AOC holder, looking after maybe just one or two aircraft, I guess that much of audit and company manuals work wouldn't be involved? Is that a correct assumption?
I'm making the assumption that much of your list assumes that the management company will be an AOC holder? If it was a small set up, non AOC holder, looking after maybe just one or two aircraft, I guess that much of audit and company manuals work wouldn't be involved? Is that a correct assumption?
