Aircraft Management
you bought an aircraft. you did not sign up for a second job.
Direct2 manages aircraft for private owners under our FAA Part 135 certificate. We take on the maintenance, the crews, the scheduling, the compliance, the insurance and the reporting — everything between you and the aircraft being ready when you want it — and we give you a single phone number and one monthly statement instead of eleven vendors and a filing cabinet. You keep the asset, its residual value and the tax position that comes with ownership. We take on the work.
We manage a small number of aircraft on purpose. Our owners talk to the people who make the decisions about their aircraft, not to an account manager who relays messages. If you want to know why your engine trend monitoring flagged something last Tuesday, you can call the Director of Maintenance and ask him.
Airworthiness and Maintenance
- Inspection, maintenance, service, repair, overhaul and testing by certificated personnel, to both the manufacturer's program and our FAA-approved Aircraft Inspection Program.
- An in-house Director of Maintenance and maintenance controller — not an outsourced desk — planning your aircraft's work and managing vendors.
- Airworthiness directive and service bulletin tracking, and warranty claim enforcement on your behalf.
- Interior and exterior cleaning and detailing as often as needed. The aircraft is clean and fueled before you get there, every time.
- Complete FAA-required records, logs and maintenance history, maintained by us and available for your inspection or audit at any time.
Crew
- Recruiting, employing, training and checking professionally qualified pilots type-rated on your aircraft. Salary, training, travel and lodging are ours to manage.
- Training under our own FAA-approved curriculum and Check Airman program — type-specific, not generic.
- A dedicated crew pairing assigned to the aircraft wherever we can, so you fly with people who know you rather than a new face each trip.
Flight Operations and Scheduling
- All takeoff, flight and landing arrangements: flight planning, weather, fuel, FBO coordination, permits, customs and international documentation.
- A flight coordination desk staffed roughly twenty hours a day, seven days a week, every day of the year.
- Ground transportation coordinated on request.
- Real-time visibility into your aircraft's schedule.
Regulatory and Safety
- Operation under our Part 135 air carrier certificate, with a Safety Management System built to 14 CFR Part 5.
- Compliance with the regulations of every jurisdiction the aircraft operates in, domestic and international.
- FAA and manufacturer correspondence and directives handled on your behalf.
Insurance and Risk
- Hull and liability coverage placed with carriers rated A or better by A.M. Best, with you named as an insured.
- Claims handling, settlement and — if it comes to it — litigation of insurance matters, managed by us.
- Workers' compensation for every person performing services on your aircraft.
Airworthiness and Maintenance
- When the aircraft would otherwise sit idle, we can place it into charter service under our Part 135 certificate, subject to terms agreed with you.
- One monthly statement. Flight-by-flight detail on request.
- Records structured so your accountant and your tax preparer can use them without a reconciliation exercise.
- A standing right to audit our records — both operational safety compliance and actual flight hours flown on your aircraft.
Aircraft acquisition
From first conversation to first flight, it can take a couple of weeks depending on aircraft and records status.
There are five stages.