AAAE CM Study Guide A+ Function OF
THE CIVIL Aeronautics Board CAB
Questions and Answers Verified Solutions
Latest Update 2026/2027
Answer:
Make safety rules and economic regulation of the airlines
■ Deregulation of the airlines created this airline design.
Answer:
Hub and spoke system
■ What act created the FAA?.
Answer:
Federal Aviation Act (FAA)
■ What act created the TSA?.
Answer:
Transportation Safety Act (TSA)
■ Airport and Airway Development Act of 1970.
Answer:
Created gov't subsidies programs to expand the list of eligible projects for Federal Funding
■ Growth of the FAAP to the AIP.
Answer:
Will be discussed later
■ Future challenges facing the industry.
Answer:
, 1. UAVs
2. Commercial Space
3. Cybersecurity
■ Big dog of a Commercial Service Airport?.
Answer:
Airlines
■ Big dog of a GA Airport?.
Answer:
FBO
■ What is an FBO?.
Answer:
Fixed Base Operator that provides fuel
■ What is a SASO?.
Answer:
Aeronautical Service that doesn't provide fuel
■ How many airports in the US?.
Answer:
19,000 ish
■ How many airports are Commercial Service Airports?.
Answer:
Just over 5,000
■ How many GA airports are there?.
Answer:
Roughly 2,500
■ What are the significance of these numbers: 2500, 10000 and 3345?.
THE CIVIL Aeronautics Board CAB
Questions and Answers Verified Solutions
Latest Update 2026/2027
Answer:
Make safety rules and economic regulation of the airlines
■ Deregulation of the airlines created this airline design.
Answer:
Hub and spoke system
■ What act created the FAA?.
Answer:
Federal Aviation Act (FAA)
■ What act created the TSA?.
Answer:
Transportation Safety Act (TSA)
■ Airport and Airway Development Act of 1970.
Answer:
Created gov't subsidies programs to expand the list of eligible projects for Federal Funding
■ Growth of the FAAP to the AIP.
Answer:
Will be discussed later
■ Future challenges facing the industry.
Answer:
, 1. UAVs
2. Commercial Space
3. Cybersecurity
■ Big dog of a Commercial Service Airport?.
Answer:
Airlines
■ Big dog of a GA Airport?.
Answer:
FBO
■ What is an FBO?.
Answer:
Fixed Base Operator that provides fuel
■ What is a SASO?.
Answer:
Aeronautical Service that doesn't provide fuel
■ How many airports in the US?.
Answer:
19,000 ish
■ How many airports are Commercial Service Airports?.
Answer:
Just over 5,000
■ How many GA airports are there?.
Answer:
Roughly 2,500
■ What are the significance of these numbers: 2500, 10000 and 3345?.
