Lessors analyze market conditions in commercial aviation at ISTAT

The final presentation at ISTAT was the popular lessors’ panel, a free-wheeling discussion of commercial aviation issues. The reporting summarizes and paraphrases the comments. The moderator is Jeff Knittel, president of CIT Aerospace. The lessors are: Angus Kelly,… Read More

Thoughts for Seattle’s KOMO TV

Personal note: I’m down at ISTAT in San Diego and have just learned of the crash of a KOMO TV News helicopter in Seattle, killing two and critically injuring one. The names haven’t been released yet, so I… Read More

Odds and Ends: MH370 ACARS and landing areas

There continues to be mystery shrouding the disappearance of MAS flight MH370 and with it, loads of theories. There is also continuing puzzlement over how the ACARS health monitoring system could have been turned off. We reported last… Read More