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Aircraft Under Management	12 Months Ended
Aircraft Under Management	Dec. 31, 2022
Equity Method Investments and Joint Ventures [Abstract]
Aircraft Under Management	Aircraft Under Management As of December 31, 2022, the Company managed 85 aircraft across three aircraft management platforms. The Company managed 46 aircraft through its Thunderbolt platform, 34 aircraft through the Blackbird investment funds and five on behalf of a financial institution. The Company managed 34 aircraft on behalf of third-party investors, through two investment funds, Blackbird I and Blackbird II. These funds invest in commercial jet aircraft and lease them to airlines throughout the world. The Company provides management services to these funds for a fee. As of December 31, 2022, the Company's non-controlling interests in each fund was 9.5% and is accounted for under the equity method of accounting. The Company's investment in these funds aggregated $64.7 million and $73.2 million as of December 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively, and are included in Other assets on the Consolidated Balance Sheets. Additionally, the Company continues to manage aircraft that it sells through its Thunderbolt platform. The Thunderbolt platform facilitates the sale of mid-life aircraft to investors while allowing the Company to continue the management of these aircraft for a fee. As of December 31, 2022, the Company managed 46 aircraft across three separate transactions. The Company has non-controlling interests in two of these entities of approximately 5.0%, which are accounted for under the cost method of accounting. The Company’s total investment in aircraft sold through its Thunderbolt platform was $8.8 million and $9.3 million as of December 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively and is included in Other assets on the Consolidated Balance Sheets. In response to the sanctions against certain industry sectors and parties in Russia, in March 2022 the Company terminated all of its leasing activities in Russia. Eight leases for aircraft in the Company’s managed fleet were also terminated. As of February 15, 2023, six aircraft previously included in the Company’s managed fleet are detained in Russia. While the respective managed platform maintains title to the aircraft, the Company has determined that it is unlikely that the Company or they will regain possession of the aircraft detained in Russia. As a result, during the three months ended March 31, 2022, the Company recognized asset write-offs of $11.4 million related to its investments in the managed platforms that own such aircraft. The Company did not recognize any asset write-offs related to its investments in the managed platforms for the remainder of 2022. The six aircraft detained in Russia were removed from the Company’s managed fleet count as of March 31, 2022.