Aviation Law Exam 3 Study Guide
Solutions Updated 2024
From the standpoint of legal liability for negligence, what difference does
it make whether a domestic commercial flight is a common carrier or
contract carrier operation. - ANSWER✔✔-A contract carrier, like most
individuals and businesses, is required to exercise the degree of care of a
reasonably careful person, while a common carrier is required to exercise
the highest degree of care to protect its passengers from injury or death in
transport.
Is the assumption of risk defense available to an airline to defend against
lawsuits brought by injured passengers or the survivors of passengers
killed in an airline crash. - ANSWER✔✔-No. Because commercial air travel
is statistically proven to be the safest way to travel, it cannot be considered
a "known risk".
What is an airline tariff - ANSWER✔✔-An airline's tariff is the entire
agreement between the airline and the passenger or shipper
Copyright ©EMILLYCHARLOTE 2025 ACADEMIC YEAR, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Page 1/9
, What treaty is now the primary source of law governing the legal
relationship between airlines and their international passengers? -
ANSWER✔✔-Montreal Convention of 1999
What effect has ratification of the Montreal convention had on the volume
of litigation of claims for injury to international airline passengers? -
ANSWER✔✔-It has largely caused the cessation of new litigation.
What monetary valuations are used in the Montreal convention of 1999
when determining the provable compensatory damages? - ANSWER✔✔-
Special Drawing Rights
According to the Warsaw Convention when does an airlines liability for
accidents begin? - ANSWER✔✔-From the time the passenger begins the
process of embarking until the passenger has completed the processor
disembarking
Your best friend from college was in ROTC and on graduation was
commissioned as an officer and trained as a fighter pilot. Your friend
expierenced engine failure on takeoff from an airbase in Afghanistan and
was killed when the aircrafts ejection seat failed function. Your friends
Copyright ©EMILLYCHARLOTE 2025 ACADEMIC YEAR, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Page 2/9
Solutions Updated 2024
From the standpoint of legal liability for negligence, what difference does
it make whether a domestic commercial flight is a common carrier or
contract carrier operation. - ANSWER✔✔-A contract carrier, like most
individuals and businesses, is required to exercise the degree of care of a
reasonably careful person, while a common carrier is required to exercise
the highest degree of care to protect its passengers from injury or death in
transport.
Is the assumption of risk defense available to an airline to defend against
lawsuits brought by injured passengers or the survivors of passengers
killed in an airline crash. - ANSWER✔✔-No. Because commercial air travel
is statistically proven to be the safest way to travel, it cannot be considered
a "known risk".
What is an airline tariff - ANSWER✔✔-An airline's tariff is the entire
agreement between the airline and the passenger or shipper
Copyright ©EMILLYCHARLOTE 2025 ACADEMIC YEAR, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Page 1/9
, What treaty is now the primary source of law governing the legal
relationship between airlines and their international passengers? -
ANSWER✔✔-Montreal Convention of 1999
What effect has ratification of the Montreal convention had on the volume
of litigation of claims for injury to international airline passengers? -
ANSWER✔✔-It has largely caused the cessation of new litigation.
What monetary valuations are used in the Montreal convention of 1999
when determining the provable compensatory damages? - ANSWER✔✔-
Special Drawing Rights
According to the Warsaw Convention when does an airlines liability for
accidents begin? - ANSWER✔✔-From the time the passenger begins the
process of embarking until the passenger has completed the processor
disembarking
Your best friend from college was in ROTC and on graduation was
commissioned as an officer and trained as a fighter pilot. Your friend
expierenced engine failure on takeoff from an airbase in Afghanistan and
was killed when the aircrafts ejection seat failed function. Your friends
Copyright ©EMILLYCHARLOTE 2025 ACADEMIC YEAR, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Page 2/9
