AAAE CM Module 1 Latest 2023 with complete solution

Air Commerce Act of 1926 Ans Created a new Aeronautics Branch known as the CAA (the precursor of the FAA) Function of the Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB) Ans Make safety rules and economic regulation of the airlines Deregulation of the airlines created this airline design Ans Hub and spoke system What act created the FAA? Ans Federal Aviation Act (FAA) What act created the TSA? Ans Transportation Safety Act (TSA) Airport and Airway Development Act of 1970 Ans Created gov't subsidies programs to expand the list of eligible projects for Federal Funding Growth of the FAAP to the AIP Ans Will be discussed later Future challenges facing the industry Ans 1. UAVs 2. Commercial Space 3. Cybersecurity Big dog of a Commercial Service Airport? Ans Airlines Big dog of a GA Airport? Ans FBO What is an FBO? Ans Fixed Base Operator that provides fuel What is a SASO? Ans Aeronautical Service that doesn't provide fuel How many airports in the US? Ans 19,000 ish How many airports are Commercial Service Airports? Ans Just over 5,000 How many GA airports are there? Ans Roughly 2,500 What are the significance of these numbers: 2500, 10000 and 3345? Ans 2,500 - Commercial Service Airport 10,000 - Primary Commercial Service Airport 3,345 - Number of public use airports in NPIAS Purpose of a GA Reliever Airport? Ans To relieve the GA traffic from a Commercial Service Airport Joint-Use Airport vs. Shared-Use Airport Ans Joint-Use - military owns the joint and leases space for commercial travel