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How do you sell an aircraft without selling

Date: 15 Jun 2025 18:44 (UTC)
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We're all making some crucial choices.Purchasing an aircraft is a significant choice for an airline, an operator, a country, or a lessor. Before choosing an aircraft type, many hours of planning, examination, and comparison was done. Return on investment, business strategy, business plan, etc. Highly skilled experts present crucial information on aircraft types, benefits, and questions to bring up. Accountants with a thorough understanding of profitability and return on investment.

 However, how can an airplane be sold without actually selling? I have to give you the most recent, unambiguous example I lived during Caribbean 2025, and I'm sure everyone in the audience would agree with me. Day 3: Francesco Sferra's presentation on Tecnam. I must admit, as a potential buyer, that I would appreciate even the way it was presented - what Tecnam can offer to the Caribbean.

Italian elegance and heritage are evident as well as the depth of information. The company has been around for more than 75 years. Offers, innovation, and vision. However, there's a major BUT.

 If I remark that we are accustomed to hearing sales reps' presentations, many of my industry colleagues will agree.

The huge BUT that I must share with you is Francesco Sferra is a Experimental Test Pilot at Costruzioni Aeronautiche TECNAM. It had a major effect on me and many others in the audience. A test pilot who has flown the aircraft and has experience in its details. He can immediately answer our questions and present multiple advantages of the aircraft. Simply because he has flying experience and knows exactly what he's talking about. Accurate information about multiple missions that aircraft may perform.  

To put it briefly, experience and the way to present things matters.The "affection" a test pilot has for the aircraft, if I may use the term. His extensive understanding of behavior, capabilities, possible passenger benefits, special mission capabilities, medevac, and other topics Making the audience fall in love—at least to the point of really considering buying this type of aircraft—is essential. 

 Before this presentation, I had a basic understanding of the Tecnam P2012. Now I understand it's vision. I am aware of the possibilities this plane offers.

 It was a game-changer to be able to spend time in P2012 that has already completed 1,000 hours of flight with St Barth Executive. Tecnam Aircraft, you're lucky to have an admirable team, different from the others. Forza Italia!



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