Airplane RepossessionBy Victoria Bonilla

Description• Airplane repo people tow

airplanes when the owner cannot afford to pay for it. They earn 6-10% of resale price of planes they tow. They earn up to $10.000-$900,000 per plane repossessed.

Education• You don’t have to go to

college or have a good education to be an airplane repo man/woman.

Salary• They earn up to $10,000-

$900,000 per plane repossessed.

Lifestyle• Since they can earn up to

$900,000 for each plane, they can afford a pretty fancy lifestyle.

4816 Fairway Ct, $2259/month 2013 Chevy Corvette ZR1

$2471.39/month

10 Facts• There is a television show called Airplane

Repo.• Its usually hard to track down the airplanes.• From one airport to another; their

workspace is never definite.• A propeller lock, a portable radio, hand-held

GPS device and a fanny pack stuffed with hundreds of keys is their tools.

• They can usually find a master key that opens the plane door. If not, he calls a local locksmith.

10 Facts• When a borrower is 60 days behind on

payments, it is then repossessed.• Most times, the pilot/owner surrenders

his or her plane.• Other times, the fly away on their

planes to escape the repossession.• The easiest method: they track planes

by where they buy fuel (online receipts)• About one in four defaulters agree to

make payments current.

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