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Study Group: Aircraft Leasing Professionals

Council Members in this Study Group: 172

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Doug McVitie, Founder & Chief Consultant, Arran AerospaceDoug McVitie

Founder & Chief Consultant
Arran Aerospace
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Doug McVitie is the Founder and Chief Consultant at Arran Aerospace, a firm providing consulting services in the aerospace and defense industry. Prior, Mr. McVitie was Director of Sales Intelligence at Airbus in Toulouse, France. He has spent 30 years...

Craig Cates

Consultant
CRAIG CATES
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Craig Cates is an independent consultant in the airlines and aerospace industry. Prior, Mr. Cates was General Manager of Supply Chain at Delta Airlines. He oversaw a supply chain budget of $500M and was responsible for sourcing raw materials, finished...

Richard Aboulafia, Vice President, Analysis, TEAL GROUP CORPORATIONRichard Aboulafia

Vice President, Analysis
TEAL GROUP CORPORATION
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Richard Aboulafia is the Vice President of Analysis at Teal Group, a firm providing consulting services in the aerospace industry. Mr. Aboulafia is responsible for managing a team of experts who forecast aerospace markets including engines, electronics,...

Jay Thompson, President and General Manager, Transportation Business AssociatesJay Thompson

President and General Manager
Transportation Business Associates
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Jay Thompson is the President & General Manager at Transportation Business Associates; a firm providing planning, marketing, energy, carbon reduction, M&A / BK and investment consulting services to financiers; investors; top-name shippers; trucking companies;...

Scott Carnahan, General Partner, Carnahan Black Pearl LPScott Carnahan

General Partner
Carnahan Black Pearl LP
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Scott Carnahan is Principal at Carnahan Black Pearl, an accounting consulting firm, and was previously a Partner in the Structured Finance Group and a National Director of Advisory Services with KPMG. Scott has more than 24 years of experience serving...

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GLG NewsSM Analyses by this Study Group's Leading Experts(?)

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Truck Order Predictions Pretty Well Laid Out Through 2010

November 19, 2009

Truck orders indicate pre-2010 surge | www.etrucker.com

In the midst of the optimism with the recent surge in truck orders, reality is setting back in that 2010 truck orders will be slow due to the mew emissions rules - again! We have written several articles over the last 6-months about the slow truck sales marketplace leading into the current prebuy. So here’s a look ahead....

Integrated Fuel Technologies Non-Urea SCR Option Hits A Speed-Bump

November 16, 2009

Cover Story: Pipe Schemes | www.seattleweekly.com

One of the two non-urea Selective Catalyst Reduction (SCR) developers as noted in GLG articles has legal problems prompting potential major users to steer clear for now. The referenced article by Laura Onstot for the Seattle Weekly is an interesting read including alleged money, fraud, religion, mistresses and other sorted issues - but more about business issues than the technology.

JB Hunt Intermodal Will Do Well For A Couple of BIG Reasons

November 11, 2009

J B Hunt (JBHT) Gets S&P 4 Star Buy Rating But Showing Bearish Technicals | www.marketintelligencecenter.com

After 20-years, Intermodal as pioneered by JB Hunt and United Parcel Service is even more of a bright spot. I share our colleague Mr. Williams’ optimism regarding Intermodal - and that for JB Hunt’s continued success therein. There are idiosyncrasies in the numbers discussed that offers an opportunity for a different look.

Not All Real Estate Is the Same - 4 Different Issues

November 9, 2009

Handling real estate loans will be a tough act | www.dallasnews.com

Real estate financing and refinancing poses 4 different levels of risk for lenders and owners, based on the project life cycle and its financing and overall structure. Broad statements about the looming problems are just that "broad statements" Real estate market participants must look at each transaction within the context of the 4 kinds of Real Estate Finance Structures, if they want to properly assess financing and refinancing values, issues and risk.

Class 8 Truck Prebuy Is Coming To An End - 2010 Skepticism Here!

November 6, 2009

Class 8 Orders See Sharp Rise From September | www.truckinginfo.com

FTR Associates President Eric Starks shows North America Class 8 October order numbers at 21,792 trucks. This is a rate more triple than we were seeing February through July of this year - ranging 6,000-8,000 per month and double the August and September numbers. My friend Eric knows the numbers better than most, so we’ll offer some customer comments as to why.

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Members in this Study Group include these company types:

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  • Consulting Firm
  • Passenger Airline (ei)
  • Specialty Finance/Leasing

Members in this Study Group often have these job titles:

  • President
  • Principal
  • Chief Executive Officer
  • Director
  • Owner
  • Managing Director
  • Partner
  • Sales

GLG Live Meetings with this Study Group's Leading Experts (?)

May 19, 2009 | San Francisco

GLG Seminar: (SF) Securities Accounting and Valuation Changes

October 30, 2008 | New York

GLG Seminar: (NYC) Commercial Aviation

July 30, 2008 | New York

GLG Seminar: (NYC) Farnborough International Air Show Summary with Richard Aboulafia

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