Jay Mesinger
AIN Contributor
Jay Mesinger is the CEO and Founder of Mesinger Jet Sales, an international aircraft brokerage firm, and has been regularly contributing to AIN since 2018.
Latest from Jay Mesinger
Aircraft
AINsight: Are There Five Buyers Instead of 10?
Actual demand for preowned business aircraft could be obscured by extremely low inventory.
Aircraft
AINsight: Good Advice Keeps Good Buyers from Buying
An unbalanced preowned business aircraft market is likely to keep good buyers on the sidelines as they wait for lower prices and customary processes.
Aircraft
AINsight: From Where I Sit
The hot preowned business aircraft market continues unabated, but the industry still must strive for balance to prevent a hard landing when it cools off.
Aircraft
AINsight: Just Say No
To temper the frenzy in the preowned aircraft market, saying no to some of the more outlandish demands might help to bring back market balance.
AINsight: Is There a Glass Ceiling Up There?
Rising costs of aircraft, personnel, fuel, and supply chain present challenges for business aviation.
Aircraft
AINsight: For Every Winner There Are 10+ Losers
With preowned aircraft now selling in single-digit days, the idea of how potential buyers can be the winner becomes murky.
Aircraft
AINsight: Who Would You Like To Be with at the Altar?
Given the hot preowned business aircraft market, who you chose to help you buy an aircraft is more important than ever.
Aircraft
AINsight: Wealth and New Attitudes Toward Air Travel
The return of corporate clients, who have largely been sidelined by the pandemic, will help to rebalance the preowned business aircraft market.
Aircraft
AINsight: Aircraft Buying Is a Marathon, Not a Sprint
Aircraft buyers should be focused on finding the right aircraft and doing proper due diligence instead of racing to meet a deadline to capture a tax play.
AINsight: Step Climbing To New Heights
Preowned business aircraft pricing must be done in steps, just like step-climbing in an aircraft. If raised too quickly, pricing will stall out.
Aircraft
AINsight: Did We Get Caught Flatfooted?
Even in this frenzied preowned business aircraft market, it's important for buyers to use common sense and not cut corners during sales transaction process
Aircraft
AINsight: The Year Is Flying By
While inventory of preowned business aircraft is low, if an airplane fits your needs now, don’t wait to buy.
Finance, Taxes, Insurance
AINsight: Are Preowned Biz Aircraft Prices Going Up?
In the business aviation industry, the elephant in the room is preowned aircraft pricing.
AINsight: Too Complex To Go It Alone
Business aircraft transcations are often far too complex for buyers and sellers to try to go it alone.
AINsight: New vs Preowned Gap Narrows for Bizjet Buyers
The delineation is shrinking between buying new and preowned business aircraft as high-quality inventory of the latter narrows.
AINsight: Airplanes Defy Gravity
While aircraft defy gravity by flying through the air, preowned business aircraft pricing is still bound by the laws of gravity.
AINsight: Could There Be New Faces Popping Up?
New entrants in the business aircraft brokerage business cause concern that new buyers aren't getting the advice and wealth of expertise they require.
AINsight: 2020 Was Only a Nine-month Year for Bizav
Business aircraft sales boomed in 2020 despite the pandemic sidelining the entire bizav industry from March through June.
AINsight: My 2020 Pandemic Playlist
Aircraft sales broker creates a 2020 pandemic playlist for those in the business aviation industry.
AINsight: A Stickler for Details
When buying or selling an aircraft, the devli is in the details. But so are the diamonds.
Aircraft
AINsight: Counting the Days
Is it possible to get a preowned business airplane bought and put into service by year-end? Maybe, but you're quickly running out of time.
AINsight: Raise Your Hand If…
This blog post will give you a new perspective of what we in the busienss aviation industry are all going through during these strange Covid times.
AINsight: How Is It Translating?
Preowned business aircraft brokers are seeing a surge of first-time buyers, but these purchasers are also aware of current market conditions.
AINsight: Market-maker vs Marketplace
A marketplace fosters right pricing, right representation, and right dialog around the preowned business aircraft offerings.
Charter & Fractional
AINsight: The Rain Is Stopping
The business aviation industry is vibrant and will come back, and the market will enjoy a resurgence of first-time buyers looking for a safer way to travel
AINsight: A Grand Science Experiment
The talk of not wanting to travel on public transportation will turn into real action on the part of perspective business aircraft buyers.
AINsight: Words To Live By
Weccasts and Zoom meetings have developed a whole new meaning of “community engagement” in the business aviation industry during the Covid crisis.
AINsight: Reactive Pricing
The current Covid-19 pandemic is not a reason to devalue business aircraft. We must get through the crisis before we can determine its effect on pricing.
AINsight: Information Overload
Being able to anticipate preowned bizjet market moves is the key to staying ahead, and having the right partner to give intelligent guidance is critical.
AINsight: Taking Pedigree to the Next Level
In the business aircraft broker community, we banty about the word pedigree as a badge of honor. We apply it to aircraft, but maybe we need to expand that?
