Reserved "N" numbers available

[RV7A Flyer]

Originally Posted by BobTurner

"All it takes for evil to succeed is for good men to do nothing".

Want to put him out of business? Just don't buy anything from him. He still has to pay the small reservation fee, he'll drop the business if it loses money.

Personally I don't need any particular N number so badly that I'd support this version of free enterprise.

And meanwhile, since he's reserved all the 1 and 2 number n-numbers and such, nobody gets them.

I still say it's sleazy.

[enielsen]

Originally Posted by Steve Ashby

But let's not excoriate Sean for plying his legal business.

Nah... I'm not the type that turns people into the authorities on stuff like this. I let Karma handle all that.

I also don't put too much thought into an 'N' number. I do have one reserved but if I let it expire and loose it, oh well. Won't change the flight characteristics of my future plane.

[moll780]

my preferred number was available direct from the FAA and not any third party gouger and reserved it.. now to figure out how to change it all. fun!!

Originally Posted by jetjok

The paperwork was really not that difficult. I got lucky about 7 years ago, and found exactly what I wanted. A few letters, forms, and just a couple of Washington's, and it was a done deal. Probably one of the easier interactions with the FAA that I have experienced.

[az_gila]

Originally Posted by moll780

my preferred number was available direct from the FAA and not any third party gouger and reserved it.. now to figure out how to change it all. fun!!

How does he actually transfer a number to someone else?

Isn't this a function of the FAA Registration Branch?

Does he release it and have the buyer simultaneously request the number?

[meloosifah]

I must agree that this form of "free enterprise" is repugnant. I find it ethically appalling that the FAA allows this. Reservation of N numbers should be for personal use (or internal use in the case of airlines) only. Reselling a federally mandated registration number is borderline criminal. How many who are ok with this practice would change your tune if I reserved ALL of them and charged a fee? I realize that this is mostly unrealistic but still theoretically possible.

From now on, everyone must pay me a fee for registering your aircraft. I am thinking $1000 each sounds pretty reasonable to cover all of my free enterprise expenses.

Ridiculous. The only thing worse than the guy who reserved all these is the fact that now that he has, if he let them go someone else would jump all over it.

Does anyone else smell the sewage-smell wafting off of that website?

[MarkW]

Gil,
I had a gentleman contact me about a number I had saved. Apparently the number had a sentimental value to him. I found that there was a better number that had become available so I allowed him to have my number for the cost of transfer. He sent me a check for the FAA and a reservation form filled out. I sent these to the FAA with a letter asking them to release the number to him.
Took a couple of weeks. Easy-peasy.

[g zero]

Plenty of easy to say and cool sounding N- Numbers available. Go thru the FAA site and do some searching , might even find another 666 or triple something . . "Triple Six Tango Alpha "

[tjo]

Free enterprise is about finding ways to add value to benefit others and get rewarded for your ability to make their life better.through selling your product or service that does this. This leads to better lives far all, respect from others and self respect.

This here, well it's just sleazy. No value add, no respect from others, no self respect.

Tim

[GalinHdz]

Originally Posted by g zero

Plenty of easy to say and cool sounding N- Numbers available. Go thru the FAA site and do some searching , might even find another 666 or triple something . . "Triple Six Tango Alpha "

EXACTLY! I found my number that way "Eight One Niner Papa Romeo". Not the 1st number I wanted but still a cool number to me.

This is just Supply & Demand in action. If you want THAT specific number be prepared to pay. Otherwise just get another available number and let him keep speculating that someone will eventually pay for it. Besides, I have seen too many people go bankrupt while speculating on a business idea like this. The market will decide if this was a good or bad idea.

[RV7A Flyer]

Originally Posted by tjo

Free enterprise is about finding ways to add value to benefit others and get rewarded for your ability to make their life better.through selling your product or service that does this. This leads to better lives far all, respect from others and self respect.

This here, well it's just sleazy. No value add, no respect from others, no self respect.

Tim

And to add to it, it's not really a "free market", either...since N-numbers are required by law.

Too bad the FAA doesn't have some control over this...it'd be easy enough, just pass a rule that nobody can charge more to "sell" an n-number than they charge to issue them.

Since they won't...I wonder how many n-numbers are actually currently available? At 10 bucks a pop, it might not take much to get them *all* and be guaranteed a tidy profit.