Business & Corporate Aviation Management : On Demand Air Travel: On-demand Air Travel

Here is a comprehensive and practical guide to choosing a business aviation model, setting it up, and making it work. The author, who has more than four decades in the aviation industry, skillfully blends business and aviation issues to provide solid decision-making strategies and smart operating practices for the establishment and management of business aircraft. \* Explains methods of evaluating air transportation needs and choosing appropriate means to meeting them \* Provides detailed how-to information for aviation personnel on running a flight department \* Ties all facets of business aviation operation together: business, operations, administration, and financial \* Covers regulatory requirements, policies, scheduling, planning, security, safety, training, and more \* Includes extensive compilation of forms and checklists (20031101)

Choosing an On-Demand Air Transportation System for Your Company and Making it Work

Corporate and charter aircraft bring benefits to businesses that use them effectively and efficiently. Getting started in this complex technical field can prove a bewildering experienced for the uninitiated. Once begun, managing an on-demand air transportation operation requires skill and knowledge to continue it successfully.

Business and Corporate Aviation Management offers executives, managers and flight department personnel a solid background and insights into establishing and running aviation operations. Written by a highly experienced business aviation consultant, the book provides information on:

* How companies use aircraft to best advantage via:

In-house flight departments; Jointly owned aircraft; Owner flown aircraft; Charter aircraft; and Fractional ownership

* Choosing the best aircraft and method of air transportation

* Establishing, managing and maintaining all types of on-demand air transportation options

* Aircraft acquisition, start-up, regulations, scheduling, finances, safety, maintenance and operations

* Keeping flight operations safe, legal, effective and efficient

John J. Sheehan has extensive experience in aviation, beginning his career as a Navy carrier pilot. After a 21 year Navy career he flew corporate and charter aircraft and worked as an aviation association executive and consultant, assisting airlines, government agencies and corporate aviation with management and operational issues. In 1995 he established Professional Aviation Inc., which specializes in aircraft selection, management and safety issues for corporate flight departments. He presents management and operational workshops for the National Business Aviation Association and writes extensively for industry publications. Mr. Sheehan holds an FAA Airline Transport Pilot certificate and a Master of Business Administration degree. He resides in Wilmington, NC.

Business & Commercial Aviation

Choosing an on-demand air transportation system for your company and making it work is the main theme in John Sheehan's new book, Business and Corporate Aviation Management. Getting started in this complex technical field can prove a bewildering experience for the uninitiated. Once begun, managing an on-demand air transpiration operation requires skill and knowledge to continue it successfully. Business and Corporate Aviation Management offers executives, managers and flight department personnel a solid background and insights into establishing and running aviation operations. The book provides information on: how companies use aircraft to best advantage: choosing the best aircraft and method of air transpiration; establishing, managing and maintaining all types of on-demand air transportation options; aircraft acquisition, start-up, regulations, scheduling, finances, safety, maintenance and operations; and keeping flight operations safe, legal, effective and efficient.

Offers executives, managers and flight department personnel a background and insights into establishing and running aviation operations. This book provides information on: how companies use aircraft to best advantage via: in-house flight departments; iointly owned aircraft; owner flown aircraft; charter aircraft; and fractional ownership.