Post by ChiMike on Jul 24, 2023 19:33:11 GMT
I had a moderately long and interesting conversation with the Tecnam sales director for the US today at Oshkosh.
Bottom line—from his perspective—Tecnam is following what will happen with MOSAIC (although he said he had not read it) so they can determine what new airplane they can build: little or no interest in doing anything with restating performance capabilities for existing LSA models, other than, maybe, changing max weight in the US to match similar values that are used globally for the same aircraft.
I asked him if he ever looked at this community board to get a sensing of what existing owners (and future repeat customers) are saying and thinking about Tecnam and the various aircraft models: I won’t detail his response other than to say it was not positive about the board—or the people on it.
While his is not the final say, I did not get the impression he is interested in Tecnam being an advocate or participant with the FAA while the current rule proposals are in the public commentary period.
That is a pity, because anything Tecnam does that will broaden the market, interest, and resale value of existing aircraft only adds to the opportunity for those of us who subsequently sell to then roll those proceeds over into a new Tecnam.
But then again, if this is the prevailing attitude of the company, probably not. We will see.
If any of you attend Oshkosh this year and have the opportunity to speak with David, it will be interesting if collectively we can sway his viewpoint that MOSAIC for existing aircraft and owners is important.
Bottom line—from his perspective—Tecnam is following what will happen with MOSAIC (although he said he had not read it) so they can determine what new airplane they can build: little or no interest in doing anything with restating performance capabilities for existing LSA models, other than, maybe, changing max weight in the US to match similar values that are used globally for the same aircraft.
I asked him if he ever looked at this community board to get a sensing of what existing owners (and future repeat customers) are saying and thinking about Tecnam and the various aircraft models: I won’t detail his response other than to say it was not positive about the board—or the people on it.
While his is not the final say, I did not get the impression he is interested in Tecnam being an advocate or participant with the FAA while the current rule proposals are in the public commentary period.
That is a pity, because anything Tecnam does that will broaden the market, interest, and resale value of existing aircraft only adds to the opportunity for those of us who subsequently sell to then roll those proceeds over into a new Tecnam.
But then again, if this is the prevailing attitude of the company, probably not. We will see.
If any of you attend Oshkosh this year and have the opportunity to speak with David, it will be interesting if collectively we can sway his viewpoint that MOSAIC for existing aircraft and owners is important.
