Monday, November 9, 2009

Re-post: Welcome to Inside Private Air Travel!

For those just now joining us...Welcome to Inside Private Air Travel, a blog devoted to providing information, insight and commentary on issues of interest to private air travelers. My company, Shaircraft Solutions, represents and advocates for private flyers, providing a unique blend of legal and aviation expertise. We specialize in so-called “shared use investments” like fractional ownership, jet card programs and charters.

As the CEO of Shaircraft, I have been an industry commentator for some time--authoring the award-winning “Inside Fractionals” column for Business Jet Traveler magazine, as well as providing insight and analysis for several other media outlets—print, online and broadcast. In doing so, I’ve learned that many media outlets are somewhat limited in their ability to provide inside and timely information to private air travelers. Some are in large part beholden to the jet companies that advertise and sponsor them. Others publish infrequently, so developments in today’s rapidly changing industry environment are stale by the time they go to press.

Thus, we at Shaircraft have decided to offer this blog as a means of providing unvarnished and timely industry information to the private flying community. We are not compensated by the private jet companies; so we’ll bring the same candor and insight to this blog that we deliver everyday to our clients.

We will investigate and comment on a wide range of industry issues. We’ll also provide timely information on the latest developments with the jet companies and other industry players.

In short, Inside Private Air Travel will be a one stop destination where you can learn how to get the most out of your private air travel investment, and avoid costly mistakes.

We welcome your feedback. If you have suggestions for topics that we should cover, or a comment on any of our blog posts, please email us directly at info[at]shaircraft.com. This blog is here for you and there’s nothing more valuable to us than your input.