Aviation Law Exam 1 Q & A With complete solutions

Your aircraft has been involved in an accident. What agency or agencies will investigate the accident? What agency will determine the probable cause of the accident? - Answer ️️ -The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is primarily responsible for investigating transportation accidents, determine probable cause of the accident, and recommend to the FAA measures that might prevent similar accidents in the future. The FAA also investigates virtually all aircraft accidents in the U.S. An agency of the U.S. government is presently experimenting with and assisting in the development of technical standards for the components of the next generation air traffic control system (NextGen). What agency is responsible for that work, and where is it being carried out? - Answer ️️ -The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is providing research support in connection with the development of the NextGen ATC system. What has proved to be the most intractable problem facing international civil aviation on which to gain global agreement? Why? - Answer ️️ -Hijacking and terrorism. The frequent presence of a political motive for such acts greatly complicates efforts to achieve global consensus on an appropriate approach to solutions. The nation whose airliner is attacked and others unsympathetic to the attackers' cause may view the attackers as terrorists or criminals while others who are sympathetic to their cause may view them as heroic freedom fighters or even religious martyrs (9-11