Prepare a 5-page report designed for a company executive, proposing a corporate flight department for the company. The proposal should be professional and can include graphics and diagrams. Four references, including the textbook, are required and must be formatted in current APA format. A reference page and title page, properly cited in current APA format, must also be included.
The company is a large engineering firm based in Lynchburg. The firm employs 300 workers, including sales and engineering staff. The sales staff averages thirty 23-day trips a year, with 35 employees on each trip. Most of the sales trips are within a 400-mile radius of Lynchburg.
The engineering staff is involved in site inspection and pop-up troubleshooting trips. The engineer trips range from a day to 3 weeks, within the same 400 mile radius. Usually 2 engineers go on these trips about 10 times a year. The company is currently spending $180,000 a year on travel expenses.
The report should include a description and justification for the following areas:
Why would the company benefit from corporate aviation?
Analyze current travel needs
Anticipate future travel needs
Offer a solution for the company
Aircraft
Characteristics that make that aircraft an ideal choice
Acquisition cost of aircraft
Operating costs of the aircraft
Flight department operations
How would operations be set up?
How to handle maintenance?
Contingency plans
Be sure to not only answer each point, but also offer a justification for each point.
Submit this assignment by 11:59 p.m. (ET) on Monday of Module/Week 7.
I submitted this outline on an earlier assignment:CORPORATE AVIATION PROPOSAL OUTLINE EXAMPLE
I.INTRODUCTION
II.COMPANY TRAVEL NEEDS
a.Past Travel Overview
b.Expected Travel Needs
i.2014 Aviation Fact book (NBAA, 2014)
III.AIRCRAFT REQUIREMENT
a.Aircraft Choice: Beechcraft 250 King Air
i.Specifications
1.(Cessna, 2012)
ii.How it will fit the needs of the company
b.Aircraft Capital Cost
i.Start up costs
1.(Global Plane Search.com, 2012)
ii.Cost to operate
1.A look 5 years down the line
IV.MANAGEMENT REQUIREMENT
a.Structure of the department
i.People required to operate
ii.Operational flow
1.(Cannon & Richey, 2012)
b.Cost of the department operating
i.Personnel costs
ii.Facilities costs
c.Compare current travel to proposed solutions
i.Previous costs
ii.Costs after adding department
iii.Benefits of having the department
1.(Cannon & Richey, 2012)
V.CONCLUSION
VI.REFERENCES
a.Cannon, J. R., & Richey, F. D. (2012). Practical applications in business aviation management. Lanham, MD: Government Institutes.
b.2014 Aviation Fact Book. (2014). Retrieved February 13, 2016, from https://www.nbaa.org/business-aviation/fact-book/business-aviation-fact-book-2014.pdf
c.Cessna TTX. (2015). Retrieved February 10, 2016, from http://cessna.txtav.com/en/single-engine/cessna-ttx
d.Controller.com. (2016). Cessna TTX for sale. In Controller.com Retrieved from http://www.controller.com/listings/aircraft/for-sale/list/?Mdltxt=TTX&Manu=CESSNA
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Added on 07.03.2016 17:05
The first reference is the book it talks about in the instructions.
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