Tue, Aug 26, 2008
Aero-News: Quote of the Day
ANN's Quote of the Day usually derives from current news,
though we reserve the right to pick quotes out of history that have
a bearing on the day's events and issues.
Sometimes, you'll find them timely and in keeping with the
content of the day's news... and sometimes, they'll just be
thought-provoking.
Reader suggestions and comments are welcome... and if
particularly intriguing, timely, or poignant, may themselves become
future Quotes of the Day.
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Aero-News Quote of the Day
"There's no economic model that justifies setting up a
support team to support just five planes in the field. There's no
critical mass to make it economically viable. We're the lighting
rod for their ire right now because they got burned by the prior
company. I don't think there's anyone with this company that
doesn't sympathize with them ... but it is not our responsibility
to support these owners. The previous company is responsible for
putting them in the position they're in today."
Source: Jan D'Angelo, a former Adam Aircraft
worker and now head of customer support at AAI Acquisition. The
Russian-backed company bought many of Adam's assets in April this
year, with the intent to continue certification efforts for the
A700 very-light-jet. As for the already-certified A500 piston twin
-- on which the A700 is heavily-based -- AAI announced at Oshkosh
last month it won't build any more planes, beyond the seven Adam
assembled prior to its February entry into Chapter 7 liquidation.
Five of those planes are in customers' hands... but they can't fly
them, without company support.
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