Menteia · PlaneTech Air Express · October 2026 · Confidential
# 24-month roadmap **PlaneTech Air Express** — Express sale of aircraft parts from Miami for operators and repair shops in Mexico: an AI agent searches the global market for the part, requests quotes from suppliers and delivers the proposal to the customer in hours.
## Next 8 weeks (before asking for money) What YC recommends doing first: talk to users, charge early and get 10 customers who actually use the product. - Document orders, GMV and margin with ALE. - Close 5 customers in Toluca. - Renew the domain. Milestones tied to the use of funds. Each quarter has a deliverable the investor can verify. ## Months 1–6: Commercial base - Document sales with ALE - ASA membership and Miami LLC - 5 active customers in Toluca ## Months 7–12: Repeat purchases - Consumables program for MROs - ASA-100 certification - US$100k in sales per month ## Months 13–18: AOG 24/7 - AOG on-call desk with high-turnover stock - Monterrey and Guadalajara - US$200k in sales per month ## Months 19–24: Scale - ~US$325k in sales per month - AS9120B in progress - Central America ## Features that answer competitors' customer complaints Taken from 09_Competencia_y_Quejas: what customers complain about with competitors that we do not fully cover yet. ### Months 1–6 - **Paperwork verification (8130-3/Form 1, trace) with checklist and evidence** (partial, high): Miami inspection and 8130-3 checks are promised; a systematized flow with evidence (photos, scans, chain of custody) attached to each proposal is missing. - **Supplier scoring and blocklist (history, certifications, performance)** (missing, high): Today filters by condition, certs and location; a per-supplier score from responses, deliveries and documents is missing. - **Buyer trust signals: Miami LLC, ASA membership and clear payment terms** (missing, high): On roadmap (months 1–6); needed against fear of prepayment broker fraud. - **Multi-marketplace sourcing (ILS, ePlaneAI, Locatory) beyond PartsBase** (partial, high): Today only PartsBase and own network; more sources reduce dead ends from stale listings. - **Real-time order tracking via WhatsApp** (partial, medium): WhatsApp tracking is promised, but the bot runs on Telegram and there is no automated shipment status. ### Months 7–12 - **ASA-100 accreditation, then AS9120B** (missing, high): On roadmap (ASA-100 months 7–12; AS9120B months 19–24); required by large MROs and the main antidote to paperwork distrust. - **DAP Toluca service including customs clearance** (partial, medium): Exists as a per-shipment fee; actual clearance times and a fixed customs partner are not documented. - **Scored offer comparison (price, lead time, condition, paperwork)** (partial, medium): Selection exists inside the agent; showing the client the comparison and rationale is missing. ### Months 13–18 - **24/7 AOG desk with high-turnover stock** (missing, medium): On roadmap (months 13–18); large distributors and ePlaneAI offer 24/7 service. - **Aircraft-based lookup: IPC, alternates/PMA and purchase history per tail** (missing, low): Helps with the IPC/part-number access complaint; planned as "purchase history per aircraft". ### Months 19–24 - **Rotable exchanges, loans and consignment** (missing, low): Outright sales only today; large distributors offer exchanges, which lower AOG cost. ## Metrics we will report every quarter - Requests (RFQs) per month - Time to first quote - Quote → order conversion rate - Sales (GMV) and gross margin - Active customers and repeat purchases - Working capital days