Summary of J. Scott Hamilton & Sarah Nilsson's Practical Aviation & Aerospace Law

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#1 The Federal Aviation Administration is the primary agency regulating civil aircraft in the United States. It sets standards of legal behavior by which a judge or jury may later decide whether you and your employer are legally liable for negligence in the event of an aircraft accident.

#2 The Transportation Security Administration, a new federal agency, was assigned the responsibility for airport security, and the Federal Air Marshal program was beefed up and expanded.

#3 The Secret Service is the federal agency responsible for protecting the lives and liberties of the American people. What it does: The Secret Service provides security for US presidents and their families, as well as the vice president, their spouses, and children. Furthermore, the Secret Service is tasked with investigating counterfeit money, passport fraud, and various other crimes. Forgeries, however, aren’t their main concern. Falsified documents used by terrorists are a far greater threat. The agency’s chief stated mission is to protect the First Family against all threats to their safety and security. How to beat them: The organization takes a serious approach to its work. Your first step in preparing yourself for a possible interview with a Secret Service agent should be to study the agency’s mission statement: To safeguard the American people and their property; to safeguard the President of the United States and his family; to safeguard national security; and to enforce the law. You may have heard that President Barack Obama’s daughters are protected by the Secret Service (see Chapter 4). But you may be surprised by how many agents are tasked with protecting members of our nation’s highest office.

#4 The Transportation Department is the federal body that houses a variety of agencies dealing with policy and regulation of various means of transportation. The Department of Transportation is responsible for aviation security.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Sep 6, 2022
• ISBN: 9798350000153

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Contents

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Insights from Chapter 6

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#1

The Aviation and Transportation Security Act of 2001, passed two months after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, created the Transportation Security Administration, which is now responsible for improving security in all modes of transportation, including civil aviation.

#2

The Aviation and Transportation Security Act of 2001 created the Transportation Security Oversight Board, which was tasked with ensuring the coordination and sharing of intelligence relating to threats against transportation.

#3

The Secret Service is a federal law enforcement agency under the U. S. Department of Homeland Security. Its duties include protecting the president of the United States and other dignitaries, investigating financial crimes, and protecting the White House, Congress, and other federal buildings. -> The Secret Service is a federal law enforcement agency under the U.

#4

The Department of Transportation houses a variety of federal agencies dealing with policy and regulation of various means of transportation of people and goods. The head of the agency is the Secretary of Transportation.

#5

The Federal Aviation Administration is the agency responsible for the safe and efficient use of the nation’s airspace. The FAA Administrator is the head of the agency, and he is the single most influential person in U. S. civil aviation.

#6

The FAA regulates aviation safety, airspace use, and aircraft noise. The primary laws promulgated and enforced by the FAA are the Federal Aviation Regulations, found in Title 14 of the Code of Federal Regulations.

#7

The FAA certifies not only flight crew members, but also airmen other than flight crew members, such as air traffic control tower operators, aircraft dispatchers, mechanics, repairmen, and parachute riggers.

#8

The FAA also operates a single centralized registry for all civil aircraft in the United States and for certain powerful aircraft engines and propellers. The files include the entire history of the sequence of owners of the aircraft and other legal interests in the aircraft.

#9

The Aviation and Transportation Security Act transferred the FAA’s former air carrier security function to the TSA, but in that Act, Congress ordered the FAA to improve flight deck security by requiring airlines to strengthen flight deck doors and keep them locked except as necessary to permit authorized persons to enter or exit.

#10

The Airport Improvement Program, administered by the FAA, distributes federal matching funds for the construction of new airports, the improvement of existing airports, and related airport planning.

#11

The FAA investigates virtually all civil aircraft accidents in the United States, as well as some accidents outside the country involving U. S. built civil aircraft, in connection with its air safety regulation and enforcement function.

#12

The FAA also operates a vast network of ground-based radio aids to navigation, including radio beacons guiding aircraft over long distances. The agency is working on creating a civil space traffic management system.

#13

The FAA’s Mike Monroney Aeronautical Center in Oklahoma City is a major record-keeping and training facility. There, you will find the Aircraft Registry, which maintains the records of ownership and other legal interests in every civil aircraft ever registered in the U. S.

#14

The William J. Hughes Technical Center, near Atlantic City, New Jersey, is the site of the scientific test base for FAA research and development, test and evaluation activities related to air traffic control, communication, navigation, airports, aviation security, and flight safety.

#15

The NTSB also has the responsibility for coordinating and integrating the resources of the federal government and other organizations to support the efforts of state and local governments and the airline to meet the needs of airline disaster victims and their families.

#16

The NASA Aviation Safety Reporting Program was designed to identify problems in the National Air Transportation System. The CAB, formerly the powerful and pervasive regulator of airline economics, was winded down as a result of Congress’ passage of the Airline Deregulation Act of 1978.

#17

The Air Transportation Stabilization Act of 2001, passed 11 days after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, compensated victims of the attacks and aided the recovery of U. S. airlines from the financial consequences of the attacks. It created the Air Transportation Stabilization Board, which was tasked with issuing federal loan guarantees to airlines and compensating them for direct losses.

#18

The NLRB regulates labor-management relations in all U. S. industries except the airlines and railroads. The OPM establishes the rules and procedures for federal employment, the FTC and DOJ police all industries for anticompetitive practices, and