[EX-09]Area of expertise
Commercial aircraft storage
Storage, preservation and return to service requirements, and what happens when they are skipped.
- 600
- Projects in the firm's log
- 237
- Lease returns
- 97
- Pre-purchase inspections
- 36
- Repossessions
2015 to 2024
Redelivery condition
Condition at sale
Condition at recovery
[EX-09.1]Questions addressed
The technical questions.
Opinions are limited to the expert's field: aircraft maintenance, records and condition.
- 01What preservation did the manufacturer's storage program require?
- 02Was it performed and recorded?
- 03What deterioration follows when it is not?
[EX-09.2]Basis
What is examined.
Every opinion states the facts relied on and where they came from.
- 01Storage and preservation task records
- 02Condition of the aircraft on inspection
- 03Parking location and history
[EX-09.3]Process
How an engagement runs.
- 01Conflict checkSend the parties, counsel and aircraft involved. Nothing is reviewed until conflicts are cleared.
- 02Initial case reviewA first look at the pleadings and the key records to confirm the questions fall inside the expert's field.
- 03EngagementScope, role as consulting or testifying expert, schedule and fee terms set out in writing.
- 04Inspection and analysisAircraft inspection where it is available, full records review, and analysis against the contract and the regulations.
- 05Report and testimonyWritten report, review of opposing opinions, and testimony at deposition, arbitration or trial.
[EW]Related
Continue in the practice.
- EX-10MRO performance and proceduresWhether a repair station followed its own procedures, the task cards and the schedule.
- EX-11Regulatory compliance and aircraft recordsWhether the record set supports the airworthiness status the aircraft was represented to have.
- EX-12Maintenance documentationCompleteness and accuracy of work orders, task cards, releases and certificates.
- EW-04Request a case reviewSend the parties and the aircraft. Conflicts are checked before anything is read.
[00]Start here
Put the aircraft on the record.
A transaction to close, a redelivery in dispute, or a case that needs a technical opinion. One call reaches the people who do the work.