# Too Many People, Not Enough Closers: Why Aircraft Deals Are Getting Slower and Messier | EP 33

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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: 2026-04-28T15:58:37+00:00
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Duration seconds: 1567

## Resource

Podcast: The Truth About the Market Host: Jason Zilberbrand, President of VREF Aircraft transactions used to be simple. Buyer. Seller. Broker. Attorney. Escrow. Pre-buy. Now a single deal can involve brokers, support teams, transaction managers, in-house counsel, outside counsel, lenders, insurers, tax advisors, maintenance consultants, and pre-buy facilities. And somehow… deals are not getting easier. In this episode of The Truth About the Market , Jason breaks down how modern aircraft transactions became over-layered, over-managed, and harder to close. Because complexity does not always reduce risk. Sometimes it spreads responsibility so thin that nobody is actually in control. In this episode, we cover: • Why aircraft deals used to move faster with fewer people involved • How brokerage shifted from relationship-driven selling to corporate-style process management • Why more titles, more teams, and more structure do not automatically create better outcomes • The hidden reason large brokerage firms are building “organizations” instead of relying on individual dealmakers • Why aircraft sales still depend on instinct, judgment, and human closing ability • How documentation negotiations turn into endless revision cycles • Why pre-buy inspections often expand beyond their original purpose • How minor squawks become major negotiation points when too many parties get involved • Why responsibility gets diffused when every advisor has a voice but no one owns the decision • The point where protection stops protecting the buyer and starts killing momentum • Why a perfectly structured deal that never closes is not a success • How buyers lose leverage by asking for too many layers of validation • How sellers weaken their position when they let the process expand unchecked • Why l…

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