# The Jet That’s Worth More Dead Than Alive | EP 49

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Podcast: [VREF | The Truth About the Aviation Market](https://stenobird.com/podcast/vref-the-truth-about-the-aviation-market-7473682)
Published: 2026-07-28T04:23:54+00:00
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Duration seconds: 1440

## Resource

In this mailbag episode of The Truth About the Market , Jason answers a question from Paul Bordeaux, Chief Pilot at Hargrove Engineers and Constructors: How should a buyer evaluate future demand for an out-of-production business jet? In this episode, we cover: • The most important question buyers almost never ask before purchasing a used business jet • Why today’s aircraft value tells you very little about your eventual exit • How to evaluate future demand for an out-of-production aircraft • What buyers should consider when comparing older Citations, Hawkers, Learjets, and other legacy jets • Why some discontinued aircraft remain desirable while others become effectively orphaned • What must remain true for buyers to still want your aircraft five years from now • Why the engines become the central story as a business jet ages • How two engines can eventually become worth more than the airframe, avionics, paint, and interior combined • Why the value equation often begins changing once a business jet reaches approximately 15 years of age • Why engine condition and program enrollment become the first questions asked by brokers, appraisers, lenders, and informed buyers • How engine maintenance programs such as MSP, ESP, CorporateCare, TAP, and JSSI work • Why an engine program is not necessarily about saving money • Why the house still prices the maintenance risk correctly • What engine programs actually provide: budget stability and protection from catastrophic surprises • What it feels like to receive a hot-section or overhaul bill on an aircraft that is not enrolled • How engine programs allow aging engines to be treated financially as though they have zero time remaining • Why the airframe depreciates while fully enrolled engines can remain financially frozen in time •…

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