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AMT 489 Midterm Questions and Answers
Things that affect the industry
Ans: o Security
o Politics
o WX
o Technology
o Fuel prices
o MX
o On time performances
o Labor contracts
o Pilot shortage
CRS System
Ans: used for ticketing, sales
Marketing tool for all carriers
Screen science, screen bias
Travel agents were marketing arm, paid by how many tickets were sold
with commission,
Travel agents made millions of dollars
1918
Ans: U.S. post office took over operation
1920s
Ans: airmail higher priority
1925
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Ans: Kelly Act which authorized the postmaster general to enter into
contracts with private entities
1926
Ans: Air commerce act
1934
Ans: Airmail act President Franklin D. Roosevelt
Awarded airmail contracts based on competitive bidding
1938 to 1978
Ans: No matter up or down, we were doing good
Roosevelt & congress
1938
Ans: CAB-regulated (up to 1978)
Cyclical industry
Ask CAB for routes and fares
administrative agency consisting of three partly autonomous bodies - a
five member Civil Aeronautics Authority, a three member Air Safety
Board, and an Administrator.
1958
Ans: FAA
1978
Ans: Deregulation
What led to dereg?
Ans: Watergate, cab favoritism, investigateion of CAB
Deregulation
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AMT 489 Midterm Questions and Answers
Things that affect the industry
Ans: o Security
o Politics
o WX
o Technology
o Fuel prices
o MX
o On time performances
o Labor contracts
o Pilot shortage
CRS System
Ans: used for ticketing, sales
Marketing tool for all carriers
Screen science, screen bias
Travel agents were marketing arm, paid by how many tickets were sold
with commission,
Travel agents made millions of dollars
1918
Ans: U.S. post office took over operation
1920s
Ans: airmail higher priority
1925
© 2025 All rights reserved
, 2 | Page
Ans: Kelly Act which authorized the postmaster general to enter into
contracts with private entities
1926
Ans: Air commerce act
1934
Ans: Airmail act President Franklin D. Roosevelt
Awarded airmail contracts based on competitive bidding
1938 to 1978
Ans: No matter up or down, we were doing good
Roosevelt & congress
1938
Ans: CAB-regulated (up to 1978)
Cyclical industry
Ask CAB for routes and fares
administrative agency consisting of three partly autonomous bodies - a
five member Civil Aeronautics Authority, a three member Air Safety
Board, and an Administrator.
1958
Ans: FAA
1978
Ans: Deregulation
What led to dereg?
Ans: Watergate, cab favoritism, investigateion of CAB
Deregulation
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