Blog Archives

From Balsa to Bamboo – The Commercial Aviation Industry / By Abdol Moabery

The Commercial Aviation Industry and Its Significance I read once, the human capacity for burden is like bamboo – far more flexible than you’d ever believe. The question is whether this principle can be applied to a company or even an industry. There are certain companies and industries where this would not apply, but after decades of working in the very cyclical commercial aviation sector, I suggest that like bamboo, the market forces that drive… Read more

Trust in Data: Finding Ways to Benefit Our Customers / By Meghan Burgan

Over the last 20 years, one thing that remained constant in my various aviation roles is the recognized benefit from data utilization and analysis. Earlier in my career, I acquired in-depth knowledge of process modeling, change management, project management, and Six Sigma black belt practices. Through this type of development, I learned quickly that using data can move an organization forward with factual information rather than guesswork. Data can help us: Grow sales – Focus… Read more

Aircraft Valuations: What’s the Secret Sauce? / By Marc Cho

During an interview for a summer internship before my senior year at college, an investment banker asked me to sum up investment banking in one word. As a naive and uninformed undergrad, I didn’t have a good answer so I replied, “finance.” He told me the better answer was, “value”. He said the goal of any investment banker was to determine value – of a company, an asset, a contract, and anything else that can… Read more

Aircraft Financing Solutions / By Eric Dollman

GA Telesis is Uniquely Positioned to Provide Complete Aircraft Financing Solutions With more than 21,000 commercial (Boeing and Airbus) aircraft in service today and the long-term forecast for commercial aircraft demand continuing to grow, demand for aircraft financing is strong and expected to remain strong for the foreseeable future. As a result, airlines and lessors alike require aircraft financing solutions to support their growing businesses. Those aircraft financing solutions are currently provided by a diverse… Read more

Innovations That Will Lead the Way in the Next Ten Years / By Pastor Lopez

If predicting the future was easy, or even possible, everyone would be a Mega Lotto winner. However, due to the natural progression of human advancement, we can predict that there will be new breakthrough technologies. Society will be in the midst of the next industrial and technological revolutions in the very near future, if not already. Aviation is a sector where one is able to see innovation over time. For instance, the B787 was the… Read more

The Runway to Building GA Telesis / By Abdol Moabery

When I founded GA Telesis I knew the direction I wanted to take the company. I never envisioned the company as a tool to create a job for myself, but rather something much bigger. I was also never that guy that always dreamed of being my own boss, being CEO yes, my own boss no. In fact, I have had some pretty great bosses and co-workers along the way and from each and every one… Read more

Follow Your Passion / By Mark Luginbill

There is the saying, “Do what you love and you’ll never have to work a day in your life.” It sounds a lot like me because I feel blessed to have worked my entire career in the most exciting industry I can think of – aviation. As I reflect on my professional journey, I think of all the big and small influences that led me down this path. Growing up in a small Midwest town,… Read more

Gratitude in the Workplace / By Meghan Burgan

For my family and many others in the United States, the observance of Thanksgiving Day, culminates into a four-day weekend filled with extended family, feasting, football and watching the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade. But it’s also a time to reflect on all the goodness we have in our lives. Studies show that if you focus on your blessings year round, it can be good for your well-being and ultimately boost your chance for success. The… Read more

Going Green at GA Telesis / By Dr. Andreas Bauer

GA Telesis headquarters is a large consumer of electricity by virtue of air conditioning and lighting a 140,000 square foot multi-story HQ building. A few years ago, our former head of global operations and now VP of Turbine Solutions, Alex Tuttle, started these green initiatives by initiating a plan to change classic warehouse lighting to T5 lights with motion sensors. I was amazed to see the huge impact that this lighting initiative had on monthly… Read more

Fostering Curiosity / By Dave Dicken

At GA Telesis we live by the five “W”s and one “H”; who, what, when, where, why, and how. It all starts when we were children and there was nothing more natural than challenging our parents with these questions. In many cases, these questions would be met with impatience and frustration. As kids, how many conversations did we have, that started with “But why?” and ended with “Because I said so.” or, “Curiosity killed the… Read more