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Time on Wing Podcast · May 25 · 1 hr 39 min

Carlos Sierra - Partner, Abogados Sierra

Inside the Wild World of Aircraft Repossessions with Carlos | Season 4 Ep. 6 What happens when an airline goes bust, and someone has to take back a multi-million dollar commercial jet? In this episode, we sit down with aviation legal legend Carlos Sierra to explore the high-stakes, chaotic, and often dangerous world of aircraft leasing and hostile repossessions across Mexico and Latin America. From staring down the Armenian mafia in LA to deploying 80 riot-gear police officers on an active airfield and snatching a Russian Boeing 777 mid-sanctions in a 90-minute race against time—Carlos has done it all. If you think corporate law is just paperwork, think again.

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Inside the Wild World of Aircraft Repossessions with Carlos | Season 4 Ep. 6

What happens when an airline goes bust, and someone has to take back a multi-million dollar commercial jet? In this episode, we sit down with aviation legal legend Carlos Sierra to explore the high-stakes, chaotic, and often dangerous world of aircraft leasing and hostile repossessions across Mexico and Latin America.

From staring down the Armenian mafia in LA to deploying 80 riot-gear police officers on an active airfield and snatching a Russian Boeing 777 mid-sanctions in a 90-minute race against time—Carlos has done it all. If you think corporate law is just paperwork, think again.