The History of the Aircraft Wash Guys, Part One
This was when the ITC-Investment tax credit was taken away, America was still in the energy crisis with high fuel prices and luxury tax law went into affect the next year and killed General Aviation. Andrew and Lance were also in the Boy Scout Aviation Explorers. As part of this business he started the first Aircraft Multi-Listing Service, which was online. Although the Internet was not really being used yet and TRS 80's were just hitting the market. He sold approximately 40 or so aircraft back then and assisted other brokers in doing the same.
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Airline Fuel Costs Mount
Think of the military aviation, jets, helicopters, UAVs, AWACs, bombers and even flying gas stations in the sky for aerial re-fueling. The airline industry is under extreme pressure now. If they keep raising their fees to passengers then the passenger per plane ratios drop off, meaning flight are unprofitable. Generally Airlines too are a 24-hour business. It is like running several airlines non-stop 24/7.
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American Airlines; Crash: Nov. 12, 2001
Some industry analysts say that Airbus builders are working for the laziest Union in the World selling to mostly government subsidized airlines. The aircraft involved in that crash was an old Eastern Airlines plane, which was probably not too sturdy anyway for lack of maintenance back when that airline was falling apart. Three pilots sitting in a cockpit who make way over the average standard of living and negated the reason they are so highly paid. If you jeopardize or disavow these known quantities you will get to visit Murphy much more often than originally anticipated. We have performance and strict engineering principles mandated by natural laws governed by Mother Nature who could really give a darn what you do.
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