Who writes this
Reuben Mann
Editor of the titles, and the writer of the stories on each.
Reuben Mann edits Load Factor's titles. He writes the stories on each title, conducts the interviews that partner pieces are produced from, and answers the editor's address himself.
He is Senior Director of Marketing at an aviation software group, with a seat on its executive leadership team, and he edits these titles alongside that role. Inside that group he has run marketing for eight aerospace brands across safety and compliance software, avionics and satcom hardware, consulting, emergency response and security, in four business units, for buyers across OEM, MRO, operator and regulator.
He carried a pipeline number in front of an executive team every quarter, in this industry.
Across those brands his marketing put 505 catalogued pieces into the trade press and the brands' newsrooms between 2019 and 2026, 31 of them earned coverage written by the outlet's own staff.
Pieces
Air transport16 August 2026
The X1 flew for 27 minutes at Plattsburgh on 12 August, at 25,000 pounds on batteries alone.
The week in air transport: one first flight, two proposed directives and one final rule from the FAA, a tenth Dreamliner for Aeroméxico, and new leadership at Gol.
Seven sources, four of them primaryRead the story
Business aviation16 August 2026
Every Gulfstream 200 and Galaxy must adopt new airworthiness limitations from 18 September.
Three entries reached this title this week: the Gulfstream directive, a fractional operator's investor filing, and a private-aviation partnership on the wire. None was an order, an acquisition or a launch.
Three sources, two of them primaryRead the story
