These are truly unprecedented economic times. The economy has and is continuing to demonstrate its powerful effect on most all “ways and means” of life. The economical effect has been brutal to business industries. Subsequently, the very backbone of economics in our country has been diminished—jobs.

More than ninety per cent of Americans are only able to realize the American dream of owning a home, when purchased with borrowed money from a lending institution to be paid on a month-to-month plan. The loan agreement approval is simply, generally supported by the fact that we are working (job) therefore, will make the payment each month.

The majority of today’s unfortunate high rate of home foreclosures is a direct result of many not having a job and therefore can not make the payment or have money to spend for other goods.

How may we arrest this economic retardation? The question is far too complex for a simple answer. However, the common fiber (backbone) that threads every economic “ways and means” is to do everything we can to support the ease of investors, industries, and entrepreneurs to create the need for workers (jobs).

The aviation industry’s inclusion into the powerful down-turned economic wake has transitioned most aviation businesses from growth to survival. Although this is economically understandable, it may merit cause for a greater concern—safety. Safety is paramount to the highly sophisticated and complex operation and management of aircraft.

Special Services Corporation (SSC), an aviation company that provides complete aircraft operational support, has been challenged to reduce costs in every aspect of our operation. We have reviewed each day-to-day business tasks seeking ways to be more efficient and cost effective. No doubt this has been necessary and significantly contributes to our survival today. However, during the process, we have also been reminded that safety is our culture and that expense reduction to our culture could become detrimental to our aviation business.

The fact is that safety is our greatest aviation business commodity. The irony to “safety commodity” is that the cost of safety is the least expense, yet it brings the highest value to the aviation business. Although we continue to seek more efficient and cost effective ways to operate in today’s economy, we do not plan to cut costs that effect safety.

Even so, SSC sends a cautious word of warning to the aviation consumer who is forced in the powerful economic wake to shop, whether for aircraft management, aircraft maintenance or aircraft charter, for the best prices for aviation services, to be conscientious and cognizant that not all operators are the same. Choose to do business with a company like SSC who, even in today’s economy, continues to operate in a safety culture.

Sincerely,

Jim Alexander
Director of Operations

Eric Groves
Chief Pilot

Brad Searls
Customer Support