Fixed-base operator
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Oct 30, 2026
Jessie NaorHOST
And what are you seeing with operators right now? I mean, there's a lot of cost pressures.
Jessie NaorHOST
Everyone's complaining about the FBOs and the OEMs, and we won't, you know, bash everybody on the show.
Jessie NaorHOST
But, like, how is availability?
Preston HollandHOST
Hold on.
Ariel MerkHOST
So today, I want to share three lessons I brought home from the conference.
Ariel MerkHOST
And whether you're an FBO owner, a hangar developer, a pilot, or somebody who's simply fascinated by aviation...
Ariel MerkHOST
I hope these lessons give you a different way to look at the spaces we spend time in.
Ariel MerkHOST
Let's get into it.
Ariel MerkHOST
They remember the conversation that felt genuine.
Ariel MerkHOST
And they remember when they felt dismissed.
Ariel MerkHOST
Now, let's take that idea into an FBO.
Ariel MerkHOST
Imagine two facilities offering similar services.
Scott ToddHOST
There's a cafe in the airport.
Scott ToddHOST
The FBO, as they call it, or fixed space operator.
Scott ToddHOST
I could land.
Scott ToddHOST
My plan was I could land and get the food.
Preston HollandHOST
Right.
Preston HollandHOST
Without being fractionalized or something else, I think it's very difficult to own and operate with those cost pressures.
Curtis EdenfieldGUEST
And even the big FBOs, right? I mean, they have pressure from the roll-ups that they've had.
Curtis EdenfieldGUEST
So they're experiencing that and it's passing along and pushed down and stuff like that.
Curtis EdenfieldGUEST
So you
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Jenny LescohierHOST
Hello, everyone.
Jenny LescohierHOST
This is Jenny Lesko here with Aviation Pros Podcast.
John FoleyGUEST
Robinson R 66 single pilot and did that for a couple of years.
John FoleyGUEST
And then as you can see, I think my MOS was gypsy, whatever that is, or just sojourner did a stint in Southern Indiana running a gentleman had bought a few companies and FBO repair station charter company.
John FoleyGUEST
And a buddy of mine was good friends with him.
John FoleyGUEST
He's like, Hey, I think you need to come here.
Blaine BartlettHOST
Yeah.
Blaine BartlettHOST
Can you just talk a little bit, number one, about why that wasn't kind of compelling for you? And then you ended up, I'm assuming you own the FBO or you're actually- I
Michelle SmithGUEST
own the flight school, yeah.
Blaine BartlettHOST
You own a flight school, okay.
Sarita PatelCORRESPONDENT
Last couple of ones, I didn't get home until 4 o'clock in the morning.
Sarita PatelCORRESPONDENT
But we land at the FBO.
Sarita PatelCORRESPONDENT
We've got a few Park and Fly buses waiting for us.
Sarita PatelCORRESPONDENT
We get on the Park and Fly.
Rob MarkPANELIST
I did check the fuel prices at our current airport, Papa Whiskey Kilo, just north of O'Hare here in Chicago.
Rob MarkPANELIST
And the retail price of Jet A, depending on which FBO you belong to – is between $10.07 and $10.44 a gallon, which is unbelievable to me.
Rob MarkPANELIST
That makes flying pretty expensive.
Rob MarkPANELIST
Garned expensive, yes.
Hollie BellinoHOST
Yeah.
Hollie BellinoHOST
Jason, the last time we were talking, we were in the FBO and you were talking about how you want to kind of step aside from what you're doing currently and just get more involved in the politics of aviation.
Hollie BellinoHOST
Is that right?
Jason NaylorGUEST
I would.
7 MINS LATER
Hollie BellinoHOST
Welcome to my life.
Jason NaylorGUEST
I was raising three kids.
Jason NaylorGUEST
I was working at the FBO.
Jason NaylorGUEST
I was filling up airplanes, working the front desk.
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