Pre-LOI screening
Rapid records screen for shortlisted aircraft before one LOI is signed
brokers, owners, investors use this review when shortlist of candidate aircraft assembled makes candidate aircraft screening records a decision item. The work checks marketing specifications, status summaries, damage disclosure, engine program enrollment records, logbook continuity samples, and high-value component status against source evidence and the current status file. A discrepancy exists when a candidate aircraft looks clean in the sale material but the sampled records do not support its stated condition. The buyer receives a side-by-side records ranking, disqualifying issues list, and diligence questions for the preferred candidate for acceptance, pricing, audit, or remediation decisions.
When this review is needed
- A buyer is comparing several aircraft before choosing one LOI target.
- The broker package claims premium records condition without source samples.
- A deposit period will be too short for broad candidate review.
- The buyer needs a ranking before the strongest candidate leaves the market.
The problem
Pre-LOI review is intentionally narrower than a full pre-buy, but it must be consistent across every candidate. The useful question is which aircraft deserves the buyer time and deposit risk, based on records signals that can be tested quickly.
What gets reviewed
- Compare each candidate against the same records screen and scoring basis.
- Test marketing claims against status summaries and sampled source records.
- Review disclosed damage against available repair and approval evidence.
- Check engine or component program enrollment support where value depends on coverage.
- Flag data rooms where missing indexes make later pre-buy timing unrealistic.
Scope this review
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What gets validated
- Pass when the sales claim is supported by a source sample or credible status document.
- Fail when a material condition claim appears only in the marketing sheet.
- Check that engine program coverage is supported by enrollment or administrator paperwork.
- Reject candidate ranking that ignores data room completeness.
Evidence normally required
- Candidate marketing packs
- Status summaries and due lists
- Damage disclosure and repair files
- Engine program enrollment records
- Sample logbook pages and data room indexes
Common discrepancies
- Damage disclosed in conversation but absent from the candidate records pack.
- Engine program status claimed without enrollment paperwork.
- Logbook continuity sample missing the period around a major maintenance event.
- Status summary date too old to compare candidates fairly.
What is at stake
Choosing the wrong candidate can consume the exclusivity window while better aircraft sell. A thin screen also lets damage, program enrollment, or logbook continuity issues reach the full pre-buy stage after leverage has shifted.
How the work runs
Frame Candidate Aircraft
Confirm the exact event, affected file set, buyer role, and decision standard before any marketing specification sheet is treated as sufficient.
Trace Screening Loi
Walk the named evidence from index entry to source artifact and mark where the trail supports, conflicts with, or fails to answer the page-specific question.
Sort Screen Shortlisted
Group exceptions by closure route: document retrieval, data correction, engineering disposition, authority response, or contractual decision.
Package Signed Pre
Deliver the exception list, evidence map, and owner sequence in a form that can move directly into remediation, submittal cleanup, or transaction negotiation.
What the buyer receives
- Candidate records ranking matrix
- Disqualifying issue register
- Preferred-tail diligence question set
- Data room readiness note
Who uses the output
- Buyer's agent uses the output to set acceptance conditions.
- Acquisition consultant uses the output to request missing evidence.
- Family office advisor uses the output to price or schedule remediation.
How the work fits into the transaction or program
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Start with a single asset
Organize records and a discrepancy register for diligence.
Jurisdiction-specific considerations
The package is organized so FAA records references are visible without claiming automatic acceptance across authorities. Where a receiving reviewer needs a different format, the same source record is mapped to that review question.
Regulatory limits
This candidate aircraft screening review is a records completeness and traceability assessment. It does not issue approvals, make airworthiness determinations, approve maintenance, or guarantee acceptance by FAA; those decisions remain with the operator, authorized persons, and the relevant authority.
What this review does not cover
- Physical inspection of the aircraft, engine, component, or part condition.
- Regulatory applications, authority submissions, or approval issuance.
- Legal interpretation of lease, loan, purchase, insurance, or support agreement remedies.
Specific to this review
- The screen should use the same checklist for every aircraft so the ranking does not reflect analyst preference.
- A candidate can rank lower because its data room is weak, even before any specific defect is proven.
- The output is a selection tool for LOI strategy, not a substitute for full purchase diligence.
- The scope uses the Candidate Aircraft Records Screening question as the control point, so the review stays tied to shortlist of candidate aircraft assembled and the buyer decision behind it.
- The evidence starts with Marketing specification sheet and follows Loi Rapid Screen Shortlisted references until every exception has a source location and a reason code.
- The finding logic separates missing paperwork, conflicting status, stale revision data, and unsupported disposition because each class closes through a different owner.
- The timing matters for Buyer's agent: the output is useful only if the unresolved items are visible before acceptance, submittal, handback, or negotiation pressure fixes the sequence.
- The boundary control keeps One Signed Pre Across questions in the records or certification lane and sends technical acceptance issues to the authorized people who own them.
- The handoff value comes from Candidate records ranking matrix; it gives the next reviewer a precise map instead of another broad request for a better file.
- The source discipline is stricter on this page than on a general audit because the claim being tested is Rank candidate aircraft by records quality before committing to one with an LOI..
Sources
U.S. Government (eCFR). Records an owner or operator must keep, including total time in service, current status of life-limited parts, and AD compliance.
Federal Aviation Administration. FAA guidance on making and keeping maintenance records and acceptable recordkeeping practices.
Frequently asked questions
What makes this workflows review different from a general file audit?
The scope is tied to candidate aircraft records screening and to the decision named in the request. A general audit can list weak records; this pass ranks the gaps by whether they block shortlist of candidate aircraft assembled or can be closed later without changing the decision.
What evidence has to be available before this work starts?
The starting point is marketing specification sheet, the current status source, and any index or matrix that tells reviewers where the supporting artifact should live. Missing inputs are logged as findings rather than filled with assumptions.
Who decides whether an open item is acceptable?
The review explains what the evidence supports and gives buyer's agent a closure path. Acceptance remains with the buyer, operator, authority, delegated engineer, or authorized person responsible for the underlying airworthiness or certification decision.
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