Maintenance Reserves Are a Line Item, Not a Surprise

A FLYING column takes owners through the arithmetic of setting money aside for the maintenance an airplane will eventually need. That premise will be familiar to anyone who runs an aircraft well: shop visits arrive on schedule, so the cost can be carried on the books long before the work order is written. Planning for it is part of owning an aircraft properly, whether the airplane lives at Palm Beach International or in a hangar in Aspen.

With reporting from Flying.