TIER 2 SECTOR COVERAGE

Aviation

Volume VI of the Sector Coverage Series

For airline general counsel, FBO operators, MRO facilities, corporate flight departments, and independent investigators retained by carriers, lessors, insurers, and airport authorities.

TIER Tier 2 · Professional Reference
PRICE $227 / monthly
COVERAGE 84 investigative playbooks across 21 categories
DELIVERY Secure dispatch within 24–36 hrs

Professional Reference Material

These playbooks are professional reference material intended for licensed investigators. They are not legal advice. Investigators are responsible for compliance with the laws of their jurisdiction and the specific requirements of their clients and cases.

PROPRIETARY FRAMEWORK

The TALON Difference

Every playbook in this platform is built against TALON, the proprietary defensive-operations doctrine developed inside The Investigator's Desk over years of federal investigative practice.

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Actor-model analysis

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Reverse trace

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Artifact mapping

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evidence econstruction

“Subscribers receive the playbook; the proprietary model that produced it stays inside the platform.”

TALON Doctrine Secured

Aviation, at a Glance

84

Investigative Playbooks

21

Categories

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FULL PLAYBOOK LISTING

The 84 Aviation Playbooks

The full catalog is listed below by category. Each entry is a standalone playbook covering the case type named.

  • 01. Aircraft Hull Loss Investigation

    • Commercial hull loss investigation

    • Business jet hull loss investigation

    • Helicopter hull loss investigation

    • General aviation hull loss workup

    • Cargo aircraft hull loss workup

  • 02. Passenger Injury and Wrongful Death

    • Passenger injury investigation

    • Wrongful death claim workup (aviation)

    • Turbulence injury workup

    • Slip-and-fall on aircraft workup

  • 03. Aircraft Product Liability

    • Aircraft product liability investigation

    • Engine failure and product liability workup

    • Avionics failure workup

    • Component and part liability workup

  • 04. Maintenance and MRO Fraud

    • MRO records fraud investigation

    • Unapproved parts (SUP) investigation

    • A&P mechanic misconduct workup

    • RII (required inspection item) workup

    • MRO facility fraud workup

  • 05. Airline Pilot and Crew Misconduct

    • Pilot misconduct investigation

    • Pilot drug and alcohol workup

    • Crew scheduling and duty-time fraud

    • Pilot record and background workup

  • 06. Airline Financial Fraud

    • Airline revenue fraud investigation

    • Loyalty program fraud workup (airline)

    • Airline agency and interline fraud workup

    • Airline chargeback fraud workup

  • 07. Airport and TSA Compliance

    • TSA compliance workup

    • Airport security incident workup

    • Access control and badge fraud workup

    • SIDA and secured area workup

  • 08. Cargo Theft and Pilferage (Airport)

    • Air cargo theft investigation

    • Air cargo damage claim workup

    • Air freight forwarder fraud workup

    • Air waybill fraud workup

  • 09. Fuel Fraud (Aviation)

    • Jet fuel quantity fraud workup

    • Jet fuel quality fraud workup

    • Fuel card fraud workup (aviation)

  • 10. General Aviation and Charter

    • Part 135 charter compliance workup

    • Part 91 corporate flight department workup

    • Illegal charter workup

    • Fractional and jet card fraud workup

  • 11. Cabin Crew and Passenger Disruption

    • Unruly passenger investigation

    • Sexual assault on aircraft investigation

    • Cabin crew assault investigation

    • Diversion and refusal of transport workup

  • 12. Regulatory Investigation (FAA)

    • FAA enforcement action defense

    • FAA certificate action workup

    • FAA compliance and safety inspection workup

    • FAA hotline and complaint workup

  • 13. NTSB Coordination and Investigation

    • NTSB party status workup

    • NTSB probable cause and report workup

    • Post-NTSB litigation workup

  • 14. Cyber and OT Security (Aviation)

    • Airline data breach investigation

    • Ransomware incident response (aviation)

    • Aircraft avionics cyber workup

    • BEC and wire fraud investigation (aviation)

  • 15. Insurance Investigation (Aviation)

    • Hull claim workup

    • Liability claim workup (aviation)

    • Product liability claim workup (aviation)

    • War, hijack, and terrorism claim workup

  • 16. Warranty and Manufacturer Disputes

    • Engine warranty dispute workup

    • Airframe warranty dispute workup

    • Airworthiness Directive (AD) cost dispute workup

    • Service Bulletin (SB) dispute workup

  • 17. Airline Employee Misconduct

    • Airline employee theft workup

    • Baggage handler theft investigation

    • Ramp employee misconduct workup

    • Airline HR complaint workup

  • 18. Airport Concession Fraud

    • Airport concessionaire fraud workup

    • Airport DBE/ACDBE certification fraud workup

    • Rental car concession fraud workup

    • Parking concession fraud workup

  • 19. Drone and UAS Incidents

    • Drone incident investigation (commercial)

    • Drone incident investigation (recreational)

    • UAS and airport disruption workup

    • Counter-UAS incident workup

  • 20. M&A and Asset Diligence

    • Airline M&A due diligence

    • Aircraft asset diligence

    • MRO acquisition diligence

  • 21. Emerging Exposure

    • Sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) fraud workup

    • Advanced Air Mobility (AAM/eVTOL) incident workup

    • Autonomous flight and single-pilot workup

    • Airline ESG reporting fraud workup

    • Space and commercial spaceport workup

ADJACENT COVERAGE

Where Aviation Meets the Rest of the Catalog

Aviation investigations regularly cross into adjacent sectors. The volumes listed below carry the framework and playbooks that most often surface alongside an aviation matter. Tier 2 subscribers have access to every volume; the cross-references identify where to look first.

Volume IV · Maritime

Cargo-consolidation investigations spanning air and sea freight, dangerous-goods manifest fraud

Volume XI · Transportation and Logistics

Air-cargo theft and diversion, airport-to-warehouse cargo tracing, forwarder misconduct

Volume XV · Insurance

Hull losses, product-liability on aircraft parts, aviation professional-liability claims

Volume XVII · Sports

Team-charter aircraft matters, sports-figure private aviation security investigations

Volume XVIII · Entertainment

Celebrity private-aviation matters, film-production aircraft coordination, security-detail air movements

Volume XX · Utilities

Airport-adjacent utility disruption investigations, tower-strike incidents on transmission lines

SUBSCRIBER ACCESS AND DELIVERY

What Ships & How

Two Documents Per Case Request

Operational Playbook

The doctrinal chapter: case overview, business and practice framework, investigative blueprint with step cards covering purpose, actions, output, restrictions, and gates, evidence considerations, interview strategy, report considerations, common mistakes, a tabletop exercise with worked answers, closing take, and the case-specific Client Communication Pack of email templates for every touchpoint from proposal through invoicing.

TALON Brief

The actor model for the case typology, the artifact map, and the reverse-trace sequence. This is the doctrine layer that tells the investigator not just what to do, but why those steps in that order, grounded in how actors in that typology actually operate.

Universal Forms

25 universal forms are provided separately as a one-time subscriber download.

Delivery Framework

Case requests → secure email

Dispatch → within 24–36 hours

Maximum → 3 playbooks / rolling 7 days

Monthly reports → scheduled delivery

Quarterly report → scheduled delivery

On-Demand Reports → separate purchase