AAAE CM MODULE 1 EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
Air Commerce Act of 1926 ANS >> Created a new
Aeronautics Branch known as the CAA (the precursor of
the FAA)
Function of the Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB) ANS >>
Make safety rules and economic regulation of the airlines
Deregulation of the airlines created this airline design
ANS >> Hub and spoke system
What act created the FAA? ANS >> Federal Aviation Act
(FAA)
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What act created the TSA? ANS >> Transportation Safety
Act (TSA)
Airport and Airway Development Act of 1970 ANS >>
Created gov't subsidies programs to expand the list of
eligible projects for Federal Funding
Growth of the FAAP to the AIP ANS >> Will be discussed
later
Future challenges facing the industry ANS >> 1. UAVs
2. Commercial Space
3. Cybersecurity
Big dog of a Commercial Service Airport? ANS >>
Airlines
Big dog of a GA Airport? ANS >> FBO
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What is an FBO? ANS >> Fixed Base Operator that
provides fuel
What is a SASO? ANS >> Aeronautical Service that
doesn't provide fuel
How many airports in the US? ANS >> 19,000 Ish
How many airports are Commercial Service Airports?
ANS >> Just over 5,000
How many GA airports are there? ANS >> Roughly 2,500
What is the significance of these numbers: 2500, 10000
and 3345? ANS >> 2,500 - Commercial Service Airport
10,000 - Primary Commercial Service Airport
3,345 - Number of public use airports in NPIAS