Deal Room: Safely Buy and Sell an Aircraft
The aircraft deal room is where a purchase actually happens after the browsing stops: buyer and seller move from an ad to a private, structured negotiation with a fixed order of stages and a history neither side can quietly rewrite. Instead of a scattered email thread and screenshots, every message, every stage change and every decision lives in one sealed record — so a used-aircraft sale reads like a paper trail, not a leap of faith.
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From a listing to a private room only two people can see
A deal starts from the marketplace, not from a cold email. A buyer opens a listing and starts a deal; the platform creates one room bound to that specific aircraft and locks access to exactly two parties — the buyer and the seller. You cannot open a deal on your own listing, and a buyer never spins up more than one room per aircraft, so conversations do not fragment.
Inside, the counterparty is shown safely: their handle, display name, a verified-account badge and reputation level — never a raw email address or phone number. That keeps the negotiation on-platform and on the record, and it means neither side is exposed before there is a reason to be.
- One room per buyer and aircraft — no duplicate threads
- Access restricted to the two parties; everyone else is blocked
- Counterparty shown by handle, name, verified badge and reputation — no email leaked
- The seller is notified the moment a buyer opens the deal
Seven stages that only move forward
The sale is not a free-form chat that drifts. It runs through seven ordered stages — Inquiry, Reserve, Inspection, Contract, Escrow, Handover and Ferry — shown as a stepper both sides can see. Either party can advance the deal, but the guard is strict: a stage moves one step forward at a time, never backward and never skipping. That single rule keeps buyer and seller honest about where the transaction really stands.
Every stage change writes a system line into the history noting exactly who moved it and to which step, so there is no ambiguity later about when the deal reached, say, Contract. The stepper turns an abstract “are we close?” into a shared, visible position both people agree on.
- Inquiry — first contact, questions, NDA-style ground rules
- Reserve — intent and deposit, a letter-of-intent moment
- Inspection — the pre-purchase inspection window
- Contract — the aircraft purchase agreement
- Escrow — payment (informational for now, see below)
- Handover — title and rights transfer
- Ferry — delivery and flying the aircraft home
A verifiable history nobody can rewrite
Every message and stage change is append-only and hash-chained. Each record stores a SHA-256 fingerprint of its own content plus a link to the fingerprint before it, so the whole conversation forms a chain. Edit or delete anything in the past and the links stop matching — the tampering becomes obvious instead of invisible.
This is not a decorative badge. The room ships a “Verify integrity” action that recomputes the entire chain on the server and reports back: chain intact and how many records were verified, or the exact record where a break occurred. For a high-value used-aircraft purchase, that turns “trust me” into “check it yourself.”
- Append-only log — nothing is silently edited or removed
- SHA-256 fingerprint on every record, chained to the previous one
- One-tap server-side integrity check with a pass/fail result
- History is preserved even after the deal closes
Escrow and payment: manual for now, automatic later
Honesty about the current limits matters more than a glossy promise. Automated escrow and payment protection are not live yet — they are coming once the legal groundwork is in place. Until then, deals run without escrow: the buyer and seller arrange payment directly between themselves.
Importantly, the Escrow stage does not block the deal. It sits in the stepper as a reminder and a placeholder for the future flow, but the transaction proceeds through it to Handover and Ferry all the same. A banner in the room states this plainly, so nobody mistakes the stage for a payment guarantee that does not exist yet.
- No automated escrow today — payment is arranged directly
- The Escrow stage is informational and does not block progress
- An in-room banner spells out the current arrangement
- Automatic escrow is planned once legal requirements are met
Closing the deal and transferring rights
A deal ends deliberately, not by going quiet. Only the seller can mark it complete — “aircraft sold” — which flips the listing to sold and automatically cancels every other open deal on that same aircraft, so one plane is never sold twice. Either party can cancel instead, and both outcomes write a final system record.
Once closed, the room becomes read-only: the chat locks, but the entire correspondence and the verifiable history are kept intact. The final Handover and Ferry stages map to the real world — transferring title and rights, then delivering the aircraft — with every step of that path already recorded for both sides to reference.
- Only the seller can complete a deal; either side can cancel it
- Completing sells the aircraft and auto-cancels rival open deals
- Closed rooms are read-only, with history fully preserved
- Notifications keep both parties in sync at every step
How it works
- Open a deal from a listing — the seller is notified and a private room appears
- Talk it through in the room: ask questions, request documents, agree on terms
- Advance the stages in order as the sale progresses — Inquiry to Reserve to Inspection
- Reach Contract, arrange payment directly (escrow automation is coming later)
- Move to Handover and Ferry — transfer title, then deliver the aircraft
- The seller marks the deal closed; the room and its verifiable history are preserved
FAQ
Is my conversation with the seller private?
Yes. A deal room is locked to exactly two parties — you and the counterparty. No one else can open it, and the platform never shares raw email or phone details; you see a handle, name, verified badge and reputation instead.
How do I know the deal history hasn't been altered?
Every message and stage change is append-only and carries a SHA-256 fingerprint chained to the record before it. A one-tap “Verify integrity” check recomputes the whole chain on the server and tells you it is intact or shows the exact record where a break occurred.
Is payment protected by escrow?
Not automatically yet. Automated escrow is planned once the legal groundwork is ready; for now buyers and sellers arrange payment directly. The Escrow stage is informational — it doesn't block the deal, and a banner in the room says so clearly.
Can a seller sell the same aircraft to two buyers?
No. When the seller marks a deal complete, the listing flips to sold and every other open deal on that aircraft is automatically cancelled, so the same plane can't be closed twice.
Buy and sell without guesswork
Ordered stages, tamper-evident history and title transfer in one room.
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