Full-Time
Aviation
PlaneSmart! Aviation
11-50 employees
Fractional aircraft ownership and management
No salary listed
Addison, TX, USA
In Person
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- FAA Airline Transport Pilot Certificate
- FAA 1st Class Medical
- Current United States Passport
- Total flight time: 2,000 hours
- Total Pilot-In-Command airplain time: 1,000 hours
- Cross country flight time: 500 hours
- Night flight time: 100 hours
- Instrument flight time: 75 hours (50 in flight)
- Multi-engine turbine airplane time: 500 hours
- FAA 2nd Class Medical (listed under REQUIRED CERTIFICATES)
- Time in type: 100 hours
- Type rating(s) in similar aircraft
- High performance, high altitude, and complex endorsements (or equal 121/135 training documentation)
- Part 135 operations
PlaneSmart! Aviation provides private aviation services, including Professionally Managed Shared Ownership, aircraft management, charter, sales, maintenance, flight training, and brokerage. Its core model lets clients buy a share of an aircraft to receive a fixed number of flight hours each year, while the company handles maintenance, compliance, and revenue generation through charter. The company differentiates itself by offering a broad, single-provider solution that combines fractional ownership with management, charter, sales, and training, backed by a long history of expanding from pilots to turboprops and jets. Its goal is to offer flexible, cost-effective private aviation solutions that maximize aircraft utilization for individuals and businesses.
Company Size
11-50
Company Stage
N/A
Total Funding
N/A
Headquarters
Addison, Texas
Founded
2003
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Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- Corporate shuttle expansion around the Pilatus PC-12 NG broadens higher-margin business travel.
- Aircraft management plus charter creates leaseback revenue from owner aircraft already in service.
- Pilot training in Addison can feed fractional ownership, management, and brokerage demand.
What critics are saying
- NetJets and Flexjet can outspend PlaneSmart! across the same fractional-ownership market.
- Part 135 incidents or compliance failures can ground aircraft and destroy charter revenue.
- North Texas training competition and instructor scarcity can compress margins and utilization.
What makes PlaneSmart! Aviation unique
- Founded in 2003, PlaneSmart! serves pilots and non-pilots from Addison, Texas.
- Its ARGUS Gold-rated charter and management platform spans pistons, turboprops, and jets.
- Shared aircraft lease reduces upfront capital while preserving professionally managed ownership benefits.
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