Atlanta, Georgia
Appraiser Qualifications: Keith M. Bransky, ASA
When appraising an aircraft, knowledge, experience, and judgment are critical.
Keith M. Bransky, ASA, is an aircraft appraiser and aviation expert witness with 34 years of aircraft appraisal experience and more than 50 years of involvement in aviation. He specializes in the appraisal of business jet and turboprop aircraft, as well as matters involving damaged aircraft and diminution in value. The credibility and reliability of his opinions are supported by his multi-discipline professional experience in aircraft maintenance, flight operations, aircraft dispatching, flight instruction, aircraft brokerage, aviation safety, and risk management.
For 34 years, Mr. Bransky has worked as a professional aircraft appraiser, performing many hundreds of on-site appraisals worldwide involving business jets, turboprops, and damaged aircraft. He is credentialed by the American Society of Appraisers (ASA) as an Accredited Senior Aircraft Appraiser. He is also accredited by the ASA in Appraisal Review & Management (ARM-MTS), enabling him to conduct formal appraisal reviews of other appraisers’ work. As part of his appraisal practice, Mr. Bransky has served as an expert witness in state and federal matters involving aircraft values, damaged aircraft, and diminished-value claims. In June 2026, Federal Judge Lance M. Africk expressly found Mr. Bransky qualified under Rule 702 and determined that his damaged aircraft diminution-in-value methodology was reliable and helpful to the court.
Mr. Bransky is a published author on the subject of appraising damaged aircraft and diminution in value. His articles have been used, with permission, at Embry–Riddle Aeronautical University for their aircraft valuation courses, and at aviation-industry conferences in the United States, Canada, and Europe. In 2018, he developed the ASA’s current source definition of Diminution in Value for damaged aircraft. In 2019, he authored the section titled “Damaged Aircraft and Diminution in Value” in the fourth edition of the ASA’s authoritative textbook, Valuing Machinery and Equipment: The Fundamentals of Appraising Machinery and Technical Assets.
Mr. Bransky’s aviation experience spans more than 50 years and includes aircraft maintenance, inspection, and repair under Federal Aviation Regulations (FAR) Parts 91, 135, and 121; airline flying and aircraft-dispatcher duties under FAR Part 121; general-aviation flying under FAR Part 91; flight-instructor duties under FAR Parts 91 and 141; aircraft brokerage; and experimental & vintage-aircraft operations.
Mr. Bransky has been a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) licensed aircraft mechanic for 49 years and an FAA licensed aircraft inspector for 46 years. He holds an FAA Airframe and Powerplant (A&P) mechanic certificate and a current FAA Inspection Authorization (IA), which authorizes him to approve aircraft for return to service following major repairs and major alterations.
In addition to his aircraft maintenance background, Mr. Bransky also has decades of experience as a professional pilot. He holds an FAA Airline Transport Pilot (ATP) certificate with type ratings on the Boeing 737, 757, 767, 777, McDonnell Douglas MD-11, and Airbus A350. His 42-year airline-pilot career included flying as an international captain on wide-body Boeing and Airbus aircraft. He has accumulated more than 26,000 flight hours, including over 20,000 hours in jet aircraft and more than 15,000 hours as pilot in command. In 2025, the FAA presented Mr. Bransky with the Wright Brothers Master Pilot Award—its most prestigious pilot award—in recognition of professionalism, skill, aviation expertise, and 50 years of safe piloting experience.
Lastly, Mr. Bransky holds both an Associate of Applied Science in Aviation Technology and a Bachelor of Science in Aviation Management from Southern Illinois University, earned in 1980.
A detailed curriculum vitae is available upon request.
PLEASE CONSIDER THIS: Before you hire someone to appraise your aircraft or to develop expert opinions, exercise due diligence and ask the tough questions. Confirm their appraiser credentials, their experience, and the depth of their aviation background. Beware of inexperienced "low-ball" bidders... as their learning curve could take place on your aircraft with costly consequences.
Remember... working with an experienced professional brings peace-of-mind. Mr. Bransky's decades of high quality aviation experience assures that your aircraft appraisal or expert witness needs will be handled properly, thoroughly, and professionally.
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