The First 100 Days: Bermuda Aircraft Registry & Dealing with the Pandemic

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The history of BCAA, its reiterations and becoming an ‘Authority’

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Over 880 aircraft on the registry and 36 full-time staff today

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Why Bermuda: Aviation growing after World War 1 and Bermuda’s strategic location

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What exactly does BCAA do and why does it matter? Airport certification, ATC licensing, foreign permits, managing drone operations, and AOC Issuance to name a few

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The bulk of the business – registry! Oldest, largest offshore registry

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The set up: In Bermuda, UK, Moscow, and Shanghai, along with designated inspectors spread globally

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Remaining competitive and staying one step ahead, including a reduction of fees for private aircraft, streamlining the approval process and staying user-friendly

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Changes to the commercial side, storage registry and parking

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Implementing changes during COVID-19: reducing fees, introduction of exemptions and deviations; along with desktop audits, virtual inspections and electronic signatures

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Looking back at 2019, what was normal back then?

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Turning to the Asia-Pacific region and BCAA’s eventual world domination

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Bringing Jason Zhang on board in Shanghai and launching a Chinese website catering to this side of the world

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Jason speaks on the services he provides out of Shanghai, as a Designated Airworthiness Inspector

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COVID-19 hits China in January and Bermuda in March

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Impact, obligation, and responsibilities of a registry during a pandemic

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Settling into the ‘new routine’ of the pandemic and coping better

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Lower flight hours and advising on maintenance & airworthiness upkeep – case by case

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Pilot licensing, validation, and keeping them current

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Working from home: Documentation conducted remotely and communication with clients becomes more important

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Silver linings: Thomas reflects on the pandemic and realizes the opportunities & advancement, which for BCAA is enhancing its technology capability, and no looking back

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Resiliency and accelerating improvements, forcing you forward

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Jason expresses his optimism for the market and acknowledges the new challenges and adapting to this new reality

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The significance of business aviation to the world and to commerce and its expected recovery…it will be different

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Jason looks back to 10 years ago when there were about 100 business jets in China and he expects more to come from the market

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BCAA continues to focus on its clients, adapt and ‘pivot’ as needed particularly to cater those in the Asia-Pacific region