FTAI Aviation Executive Compensation (FY25)
FTAI · Executive and director compensation, fiscal 2025 only
The FTAI Aviation brief, $1,500
Positioning against its disclosed peers, the governance read, incentive design, and the CD&A alignment analysis; the full peer table; a committee-ready PDF.
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Data as of September 7, 2026Latest filing (8-K): May 29, 2026
3 filings cited on this page
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152 figures on this page: 150 cited to the filing that reported them, 2 calculated from figures it prints. See the citations
Frequently asked questions
Answers drawn from the data on this page.
Who is FTAI Aviation's chief executive and what were they paid?
Joseph Adams Jr. was paid $5,988,406 in total compensation as Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board for fiscal 2025.
What was FTAI Aviation's say-on-pay result?
Shareholders recorded 94.7% support for the say-on-pay proposal at the meeting held May 28, 2026 for fiscal 2025.
Which companies are in FTAI Aviation's peer group?
The disclosed peer group names AAR Corp., AeroVironment Inc., BWX Technologies, Inc., Crane Co. and Curtiss-Wright Corporation, among others.
Executive compensation
Every element reported for each named executive officer, by fiscal year.
Fiscal 2025
| Officer | Salary | Bonus | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | Pension and deferred earnings | All other compensation | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
David Moreno President | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Joseph Adams Jr. Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Stacy Kuperus Chief Operating Officer | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Eun Nam Former Chief Financial Officer and Chief Accounting Officer Departed during or after this year | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
BoHee Yoon General Counsel and Secretary | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero. A negative change in pension value is shown but, as the company reports it, not included in the total.
Equity awards granted
Individual awards as disclosed: type, date, unit counts at each level, and grant date value.
Fiscal 2025
| Officer | Award | Grant date | Threshold units | Target units | Units granted | Maximum units | Exercise price | Grant date fair value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BoHee Yoon | PSU | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ |
| BoHee Yoon | RSU | ◇ | — | — | ◇ | — | — | ◇ |
| David Moreno | RSU | ◇ | — | — | ◇ | — | — | ◇ |
| David Moreno | PSU | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ |
| Eun Nam | PSU | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ |
| Eun Nam | RSU | ◇ | — | — | ◇ | — | — | ◇ |
| Joseph P. Adams Jr. | PSU | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ |
| Joseph P. Adams Jr. | RSU | ◇ | — | — | ◇ | — | — | ◇ |
| Stacy Kuperus | RSU | ◇ | — | — | ◇ | — | — | ◇ |
| Stacy Kuperus | PSU | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ |
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero. Threshold, target and maximum apply only to performance awards and are never shown for time-based or option awards.
Outstanding awards
Awards still held at fiscal year end.
As disclosed at fiscal 2025 year end
| Officer | Award | Unvested units | Market value of unvested units | Exercise price | Expires |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Moreno | RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| PSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| PSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| Option | ◇ | — | ◇ | 5/30/34 | |
| Stacy Kuperus | RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| PSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| PSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| Option | ◇ | — | ◇ | 5/30/34 | |
| Joseph Adams | PSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| PSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| Eun Nam | PSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| PSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| BoHee Yoon | PSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| PSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — |
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero.
Director compensation
What each non-employee director was paid.
Fiscal 2025
| Director | Fees earned in cash | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | Pension and deferred earnings | All other compensation | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Judith A. Hannaway Lead independent director | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Paul R. Goodwin | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Ray M. Robinson | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Martin Tuchman | — | ◇ | — | — | — | ◇ | ◇ |
A. Andrew Levison | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Shyam Gidumal | — | ◇ | — | — | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Joseph P. Adams Jr served on the board in fiscal 2025 and received no compensation for board service. Executive directors are typically paid through their executive roles, shown above.
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero.
Director fee schedule
The standing retainers and premiums the board pays, as published.
| Board cash retainer | ◇ |
| Board equity retainer | ◇ |
| Total board retainer | ◇ |
| Lead independent director premium | ◇ |
| Audit committee chair | ◇ |
| Audit committee member | ◇ |
| Compensation committee chair | ◇ |
| Compensation committee member | ◇ |
| Nominating and governance chair | ◇ |
| Nominating and governance member | ◇ |
Equity is delivered as restricted stock units.
Disclosed peer group
The companies this board named as its compensation comparison group. The list is disclosure; the comparison is analysis.
Fiscal 2025
- AAR Corp. AIR
- AeroVironment Inc. AVAV
- BWX Technologies, Inc. BWXT
- Crane Co. CR
- Curtiss-Wright Corporation CW
- ESCO Technologies Inc. ESE
- GATX Corporation symbol not shown
- HEICO Corporation HEI
- Herc Holdings HRI
- Hexcel Corp. HXL
- Kadant Inc KAI
- Kratos Defense Security Solutions, Inc. KTOS
- Triumph Group Inc. TGI
- Willis Lease Finance Corporation WLFC
- Woodward Inc. WWD
Say-on-pay history
Shareholder support for the compensation program, by year.
| Year | Meeting | Support | Votes for | Votes against | Abstentions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | May 28, 2026 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
| 2024 | May 29, 2025 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
What this page does not include
Everything above is a fact FTAI Aviation disclosed, and it is free. Everything below is our analysis of those facts, and it is not.
Peer benchmarking
Where FTAI Aviation sits against its disclosed peers — percentile position by role and by pay element, and the ranking behind it. The disclosed peer group is free; comparisons across it are part of the Velarion platform.
Executive Compensation Report — $1,500Written compensation analysis
A read of the pay program as designed and as paid: incentive structure, goal rigor, the alignment between the committee's stated philosophy and what the numbers show.
Executive Compensation Report — $1,500Board and governance analysis
Committee composition, independence, director pay positioning, and the governance provisions read together rather than listed.
Board Governance Report — $1,200Realizable pay
What the awards above are actually worth today against what they were valued at on grant, and what the gap says about the pay-for-performance link.
Velarion IntelligenceAdviser switching and vote outcomes
Two datasets covering compensation-adviser changes and what followed a contested vote. Both are part of the Velarion platform.
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152 figures on this page: 150 cited to the filing that reported them, 2 calculated from figures it prints.
150 cited to the filing
2 calculated from the filing
Documents cited
- 0001140361-26-023226Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
- 0001140361-26-014789COMPENSATION TABLES · Compensation of Directors
- 0001140361-25-020864Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
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The FTAI Aviation brief, $1,500
Positioning against its disclosed peers, the governance read, incentive design, and the CD&A alignment analysis; the full peer table; a committee-ready PDF.
From $1,200 for the board report; $2,400 for both.
3 filings cited on this page
Method: intel.velarion.ai/methodology
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Published by Velarion Company Intelligence
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Peers FTAI Aviation discloses
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Velarion Company Intelligence. (2026). Velarion database: executive and board compensation data (Version 2026Q3) [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22283854
BibTeX
@misc{velarionData2026,
author = {{Velarion Company Intelligence}},
title = {Velarion database: executive and board compensation data},
year = {2026},
version = {2026Q3},
doi = {10.5281/zenodo.22283854},
publisher = {Zenodo},
url = {https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22283854}
}