AVMG 5090 FINAL QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED
ANSWERS
peaceful enjoyment - Answers - Right to do anything on land
Bundle of Rights - Answers - Right to own, build, exploit minerals, own surface below
and above land
"Coming to the nuisance" example - Answers - When we own land what do we really
own?
Condemnation in General - Answers - Gov. right to eminent domain
Eminent domain stipulations - Answers - -Must be for public use
-Must give fair market value
Eminent doman process - Answers - -Gov. offers first
-If offer not accepted, THEN condemnation lawsuit
Most aviation lawsuits for airports focus on 2 problem areas - Answers - 1. Obstacle
clearance
2. aircraft noise
How do airports deal with obstacle clearance and noise issues? - Answers - 1. Buy
adjacent land outright
2. Buy easements
3. Eminent domain
4. Zoning
AIP (airport improvement program) - Answers - -Ticket Taxes
-Fuel taxes
-Current balance $17 Billion
-FAA expanded from $3 to $5 billion /year
EPA - Answers - Deals with airport environmental impacts
FAA controls - Answers - All airspace in the united states
How the FAA manages airspace - Answers - APA (administrative procedures act)
-Proposal, comment, hearing, final rule, appeal to agency, appeal to courts
-All voices can be heard/have input
, Class A airspace - Answers - Positive control airspace from FL180 to FL600. IFR only
Class B airspace - Answers - "upside down wedding cake" to control traffic around high
volume airports (ATL, Chicago, LAX, JFK, LGA, etc.)
Class C airspace - Answers - Control around medium sized airports
Class D airspace - Answers - Control around small sized airports with control towers
Class E airspace - Answers - Control below FL180 and around airports without control
towers
Restricted Area - Answers - military or other activities incompatible with civil aviation
use
Prohibited area - Answers - 24 hour national security airspace
Warning area - Answers - to alert pilots to hazardous activities in international airspace
Military Operations Area (MOA) - Answers - Warn of high volume of military activity
Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ) - Answers - May only penetrate at specific time
with permission
Temporary Flight Restrictions (TFR) - Answers - Restriction on an area of airspace due
to the movement of government VIPs, special events, natural disasters, or other
unusual events.
NOTAM - Answers - Notice to Airmen
Additional airspace areas - Answers - -Wilderness area
-Grand canyon area
-SCATANA
SCATANA - Answers - Security Control of Air Traffic and Air Navigation Aids
Most aviation crimes are... - Answers - Federal Crimes
Exception to Aviation Crimes - Answers - Small, privately owned airports
All Aviation crimes committed in U.S. airspace are - Answers - Federal crimes
Crime Rule of Thumb - Answers - If you think an Action is a crime, it probably is a crime
Penalties fr conviction of aviation crimes - Answers - -Large fine
-long time in jail
ANSWERS
peaceful enjoyment - Answers - Right to do anything on land
Bundle of Rights - Answers - Right to own, build, exploit minerals, own surface below
and above land
"Coming to the nuisance" example - Answers - When we own land what do we really
own?
Condemnation in General - Answers - Gov. right to eminent domain
Eminent domain stipulations - Answers - -Must be for public use
-Must give fair market value
Eminent doman process - Answers - -Gov. offers first
-If offer not accepted, THEN condemnation lawsuit
Most aviation lawsuits for airports focus on 2 problem areas - Answers - 1. Obstacle
clearance
2. aircraft noise
How do airports deal with obstacle clearance and noise issues? - Answers - 1. Buy
adjacent land outright
2. Buy easements
3. Eminent domain
4. Zoning
AIP (airport improvement program) - Answers - -Ticket Taxes
-Fuel taxes
-Current balance $17 Billion
-FAA expanded from $3 to $5 billion /year
EPA - Answers - Deals with airport environmental impacts
FAA controls - Answers - All airspace in the united states
How the FAA manages airspace - Answers - APA (administrative procedures act)
-Proposal, comment, hearing, final rule, appeal to agency, appeal to courts
-All voices can be heard/have input
, Class A airspace - Answers - Positive control airspace from FL180 to FL600. IFR only
Class B airspace - Answers - "upside down wedding cake" to control traffic around high
volume airports (ATL, Chicago, LAX, JFK, LGA, etc.)
Class C airspace - Answers - Control around medium sized airports
Class D airspace - Answers - Control around small sized airports with control towers
Class E airspace - Answers - Control below FL180 and around airports without control
towers
Restricted Area - Answers - military or other activities incompatible with civil aviation
use
Prohibited area - Answers - 24 hour national security airspace
Warning area - Answers - to alert pilots to hazardous activities in international airspace
Military Operations Area (MOA) - Answers - Warn of high volume of military activity
Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ) - Answers - May only penetrate at specific time
with permission
Temporary Flight Restrictions (TFR) - Answers - Restriction on an area of airspace due
to the movement of government VIPs, special events, natural disasters, or other
unusual events.
NOTAM - Answers - Notice to Airmen
Additional airspace areas - Answers - -Wilderness area
-Grand canyon area
-SCATANA
SCATANA - Answers - Security Control of Air Traffic and Air Navigation Aids
Most aviation crimes are... - Answers - Federal Crimes
Exception to Aviation Crimes - Answers - Small, privately owned airports
All Aviation crimes committed in U.S. airspace are - Answers - Federal crimes
Crime Rule of Thumb - Answers - If you think an Action is a crime, it probably is a crime
Penalties fr conviction of aviation crimes - Answers - -Large fine
-long time in jail
