Is the competition within the air taxi segment heating up? Is Joby Aviation trying to outdo Archer Aviation? Is this healthy rivalry good for the segment? What is Joby Aviation really up to these days? — Just over a month ago in this digest, We share some remarkable developments with Archer Aviation Inc., a designer and manufacturer of air taxi and electric vertical takeoff and landing vehicles (e-VTOL). …

Are you aware that your retirement might be at risk? What is going on with Social Security? Should we not even be concerned about this because many of us have 401(k)s? But wait! What about Medicaid? What does the future look like for these programs? — Months ago in this newsletter, we touched on the topic of retirement for the overall US workforce and in particular that of the aviation industry. We were at the time concerned that there might be a retirement issue, as to whether or not our retirement is at risk. …

Sustainable aviation is still aloft. What is new in sustainable aviation? Is it being kept in flight by governments, NGOs, and the E.S.G. movement? Without the aforementioned would sustainable aviation have gotten off the ground let alone be sustained? If not, how sustainable is sustainable aviation? — In this digest, we have talked quite a couple of times about aviation sustainability. We’ve talked about the development of sustainable aviation fuels (SAF). In recent months we’ve noticed a slight drop off in the amount of reports of sustainable aviation fuel projects. …

What exactly is the Federal Reserve (Fed)? What is its role in the economy? Has its actions been a net positive or negative? What if what we are facing in the economy today is a result of the Fed’s actions? The Fed is trying to help, but is it making matters worse? — If you pay the least bit of attention to the economy and what’s going on in the country from an economic perspective, you would’ve undoubtedly noticed that everyone in the finance and economic space seems to wait with bated breath on what the Federal Reserve (Fed) chairman — currently Jerome…

What are some of the most remarkable moments in aviation history? Can these moments help us to understand how we got here? Can they also help us to understand what the future of aviation may look like? — Dear Reeder. For those of you who are located in the United States, we hope you had a restful and wonderful Labor Day weekend. For those outside the US, we hope your week has started great so far.

Do you know what inflation is? Do you know what inflation is not? Where does this devastating thing called inflation come from? Is it because of inflation that our cost of living has increased so rapidly as of late? Will it get better or worse? — There is a lot of talk in the mainstream, social media, and even colleges as to what inflation is. There are talks about cost-push inflation, wage-price spiral, price inflation, Phillips Curve, etc., etc., etc..

In this week’s On Aviation™ Digest, we share with you some recent aviation developments ranging from Environment Social and Governance (E.S.G.) in the aviation industry, updates on investment in Electric Vertical Takeoff and Landing vehicles (e-VTOL), #Women in Aviation 9th annual Girls in Aviation event, and more. — Dear Reeder. In this week’s On Aviation™ Digest, we have decided to share with you some recent aviation developments ranging from Environment Social and Governance (E.S.G.) …

Is the dying business travel segment of air travel the Achilles Heel for airlines? Is this another fallout from the pandemic-induced lockdowns? Is this one of the causes for the increase in regular airline ticket prices? How about Airline mergers and bankruptcies? — We have talked a lot in this newsletter about the current challenges faced by the aviation industry, and those challenges that are still yet to come. We have not minced words in stating that the challenges that are still yet to come will be worse than what is currently being…

Will we see an increase in airline bankruptcies over the coming years? Will the coming economic challenges exacerbate the challenges faced by airlines? Will the general aviation and private charter segments also face these challenges? — Readers of this newsletter series know that we talk a lot about the challenges that will be facing the aviation industry over the coming years and in particular the rest of this decade. This challenge is brought on by the looming economic crisis which many of us believe is already…