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Aviation law exists to enforce the safety of aircraft operations and aviation facility maintenance. The federal and state governments have created administrative agencies to regulate air traffic. These statutes are inclusive of the operations of aircraft and the maintenance of aviation facilities.
The Air Commerce Act was first created in 1926 to provide certification and registration of aircraft employed in interstate or foreign commerce. The Civil Aeronautics Act followed in 1938, later creating the Civil Aeronautics Authority. A five-member panel was formed from the Civil Aeronautics Authority that gave the panel the power to regulate all aspects of aviation within federal jurisdiction that later became the Civil Aeronautics Board with most of the panel''s power transferred to the Department of Commerce. In 1958, the Federal Aviation Act was passed, which established the Federal Aviation Agency that governs aviation law today.
The Federal Aviation Agency has regulations for aircrafts and pilots that are very complex that are enforced by several different types of actions, including administrative action, reexamination, civil penalty, criminal penalty, and certification action. Violations of FAA regulations are covered under aviation law. Aviation law is mainly federally based, prohibiting states from regulation rates, routes, or services of any air carrier authorized under the Federal aviation Act to provide interstate air transportation. Congress can enact laws pertaining to air navigations under its constitutional authority to regulate interstate and foreign commerce.
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The co-pilot of an airplane that crashed nearly two years ago in Montrose, West Virginia, has filed a negligence lawsuit against the manufacturer of the aircraft, its owner, and the charter company.
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Federal Aviation Administration - Homepage of the government regulatory body for the aviation industry. Includes info on airline safety and accident investigations.
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