Right now we’re looking for motivated licensed insurance agents who would like to make an unlimited income with high commissions on new business and residual income on renewals. We’ll provide the sales leads to you. All you have to do is pitch our service and collect the appropriate applications and paperwork necessary for the prospect to obtain a quote through our agency. Turn it over to us and we will handle the rest from negotiating with the underwriter to presenting terms to the client. If it’s written, we’ll pay you 75% of the total commission. If after the first year the client renews for another year, we’ll pay you a residual income of 25% of the total renewal premium for as many years as the client continues to renew with us. It’s that simple.

This is a fantastic opportunity to earn a huge income as long as your aggressive and motivated. All policies, endorsements, claims and customer service is handled for you by our agency. You’ll work as an independent contractor so it’s a completely flexible schedule. What kind of insurance products do we offer? Have a look here.

We are a newly aggressive aviation agency looking to grow and we’re backed by our marine agency which has 17 years under its belt. If interested, please contact me after July 2, 2007 to schedule a phone interview.

Brian Raby - President

Mind you this wasn’t new news as I researched this and found FEDEX backed out around November 2006.

I’m not at all surprised about this news, whether old or new. From Day 1 I have always believed the A380 to be a massive business failure that will make the company and each of the countries that cooperate to form Airbus hemorrhage money. Sure the plane is the world’s biggest for passenger capacity, has a fantastic range and computer systems galore but the motive for developing this airplane is late by around 30 years. The 787 by far has the future in mind in terms of avionics, airframe composites, interior comforts and vision of where the airline industry is headed. These are of course my opinions.

Let’s start with why Boeing and Airbus have developed such different aircraft. As all media outlets have been hitting upon recently, the visions are very different. The A380 was developed with your typical “hub and spoke” travel in mind, which has been occurring for the last 30+ years. Airbus still believes that passengers want to fly to hub cities like London, New York, etc.. and take massive aircraft to a hub near their intended destination. This would mean yet another regional flight to get to a destination that may nor cater to international travel.

Boeing believes a little differently. “Hub and spoke” service will never disappear but wouldn’t it make more sense to have an aircraft that was more flexible in it’s use? With security delays, airline delays and the cost of air travel getting more expensive, the company believes people just want to get to their destination as quickly as possible.

With the A380 the biggest concern is cost. First off, the plane itself costs between $292 -$318 million. Second, there are no airports large enough to handle this aircraft without spending millions of dollars themselves in upgrades to handle the logistics of the aircraft (i.e. double jet ways to handle passengers alighting and boarding, wider taxi shoulders to minimize turbine ingestion of debris and wider gates to make certain the wings don’t hit another parked aircraft). New York and Los Angeles seem to be the only two airports willing to cough up the $100 - $300 million to upgrade their facilities. Don’t bet every major airport will do this let alone a minor airport having the financial capacity to dream of it.

The 787 is far more economical in terms of costs. First the 787 costs around $138 - $188 million depending on equipment. Second airports can already handle a jet of this size as it is set to replace the aging 767. Not only can major airports like London, New York and Los Angeles handle this plane but so can smaller airports such as Manchester, Orlando and Seattle. The best part is airports don’t have to make any major overhauls or spend money on upgraded gate and taxiway design to handle this aircraft.

Both planes have a “wow” factor. In this I mean their amenities are top notch but again, I give the nod to Boeing. The Airbus relies on size for ease of travel. In First Class and Business Class there will be sufficient space to have your seat go back a full 180 degrees. Some airlines have envisioned First Class where each passenger will have their seat segregated from other passengers with what amounts to office cubicle walls and a few showers at hand to get freshened up prior to landing. That’s if you’re traveling in First or Business Class. Get into Economy Class and the A380 is your typical claustrophobic sardine can.

The 787 obviously is smaller than the A380 so segregated First Class seats may be a stretch but they will be nicer and roomier than Economy. However, in terms of comfort Boeing has taken into account climate control. This will be the first plane with a humidifier on board which means no more dry eyes, scratchy throats or dry noses which typically accompanies any long duration flight. The other thing is lighting that automatically gets dimmer or lighter depending on the time. This way it somehow helps a passenger acclimate to their destinations current time zone and thus lesses the effects of jet lag. In terms of engine noise, new sound suppression technology promises to lessen the sound of droning engines.

I could go on forever with a comparison of both aircraft. However, with as many delays surrounding the Airbus combined with a hefty price tag and asking airports to ante up the multi-millions of dollars to upgrade their facilities, I don’t see the company selling enough to break even. So far Airbus has 163 firm orders but their break even is 420. At $292 million per aircraft that’s $47.5 billion income compared to a break even point of $122.64 billion.

In comparison, Boeing has 634 firm orders for the 787. At $138 million per plane that’s $87.49 billion. I’m unaware what Boeing’s break even point is on this aircraft and whether they have released the figure; but with it’s total flexibility and current airport logistics able to handle the jet without any cost to upgrade their facilities, I believe Boeing will be the winner out of this competition.

While visiting the site you’ll notice that we took the time to make certain your visit to our spot on the web is a relaxed and comfortable one. While we wanted to convey our world class customer service we also wanted to do it in a nice, organized and aesthetically pleasing way.

We also wanted to try and keep our clients up to date on the most recent news feeds. But you wouldn’t believe how tough it is to find aviation insurance related news feeds! And there are news feeds surrounding the industry giants like the major airlines and aerospace companies but we truthfully didn’t feel this affected any of our clients, so we didn’t incorporate them! I mean, does Delta losing multi-millions of dollars in revenue affect a local Part 135 charter operation? I think not.

Instead we have opted for the blog. This way we can let you, our current and prospective clients, know exactly what’s being discussed these days at Daymark in relation to the aviation insurance industry. We welcome any feedback any of you can give and encourage discussion on topics. If you also have questions, we welcome your contacting us on the telephone, email or even on this blog! No doubt we plan on discussing a wide array of topics from the basics of aviation insurance to current insurance market conditions. If you have a topic you’d like us to expand upon, please feel free to suggest it.

All in all we hope you enjoy our discussions. We plan on updating and adding new content once a week at first and then hopefully will increase that to twice a week.

All the best and happy flying!

Brian A. Raby - President