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Michael Wildes

  • Contributor, Freelance
  • Chief Operating Officer, Dreams Soar, Inc.
United States, Washington, D.C.
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Michael Wildes covers Business News for FLYING and appreciates all things aviation, media, business, and philanthropy. He holds a master’s degree in Logistics & Supply Chain Management, and a bachelor’s degree in Aeronautical Science, both from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. Previously, he worked at the university’s flight department as a Flight Check Airman, Assistant Training Manager, and Quality Assurance Mentor. He holds MEI, CFI & CFII ratings. Wildes also sits on the board of Dream…

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Wheels Up Reports 55 Percent YOY Revenue Increase

Wheels Up Reports 55 Percent YOY Revenue Increase

Wheels Up, a private member-based aircraft operator, is celebrating a 55 percent revenue increase over the sa…

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Robotic Skies Gets Strategic Funding From Hearst Ventures

Robotic Skies Gets Strategic Funding From Hearst Ventures

Robotic Skies, a maintenance marketplace for drones, says it has entered a strategic funding partnership with…

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Virgin Galactic Reports Third Quarter Loss

Virgin Galactic Reports Third Quarter Loss

Virgin Galactic Holdings (NYSE: SPCE) has notched another quarterly loss amid delays in its commercial space …

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Aviation Groups Voice Support for Infrastructure Bill

Aviation Groups Voice Support for Infrastructure Bill

Industry trade groups are celebrating Friday's passage of the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs A…

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How Do You Teach Good Judgment?

How Do You Teach Good Judgment?

The debate over the impending Airman Certification Standards begs an answer to this age-old question.

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Smaller Q3 Loss Has Embraer Enthusiastic Heading to Q4

Smaller Q3 Loss Has Embraer Enthusiastic Heading to Q4

In its third-quarter earnings call Friday, Embraer said that despite posting a loss for the quarter, they exp…

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Democrats won Congress. What that means for business aviation

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By Michael Wildes
| GlobalAir
Before Democrats won Congress, a group of senators had already challenged how the IRS taxes a private flight. In one hypothetical example tied to a New York-to-Washington trip, an executive could report a taxable benefit of $235.77 for travel worth between $4,500 and $5,112, according to a Joint Committee on Taxation analysis cited by Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse's office in September.
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Used jets beat the factory queue. The resale math is the catch

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By Michael Wildes
| GlobalAir
Before a company president in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, bought a jet, he sent his economist to Nebraska. He had a King Air, a budget capped at $14 million and a request: a cabin in which he could stand up. According to Duncan Aviation’s published account, he expected roughly 250 flying hours annually for business and family travel. He wanted four years of costs compared across a Falcon 2000EX EASy, Falcon 900EX and Gulfstream G450 before choosing.
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Treasury won't change SIFL, the private-jet tax rule senators call a loophole

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By Michael Wildes
| GlobalAir
On September 3, five U.S. senators — Sheldon Whitehouse, Elizabeth Warren, Chris Van Hollen, Ed Markey and Bernie Sanders — publicly challenged the Treasury Department over its decision to keep the Standard Industry Fare Level, or SIFL, the formula that sets the taxable value of personal flights on employer-provided aircraft. In their July 24 letter, the lawmakers argued that SIFL allows taxable values far below comparable charter prices.
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