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
Shared-Use - owned by govt and military and civil Airport share runways and taxiways
What is the importance of Part 91, Part 121 and Part 135? ✔Ans✔ Part 91 - General Aviation Safety
Standards
Part 121 - Scheduled Airlines Safety Standards (highest)
Part 135 - Charter Airlines Safety Standards
What is a public charter? ✔Ans✔ Similar to renting a limo but with a plane
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
Shared-Use - owned by govt and military and civil Airport share runways and taxiways
What is the importance of Part 91, Part 121 and Part 135? ✔Ans✔ Part 91 - General Aviation Safety
Standards
Part 121 - Scheduled Airlines Safety Standards (highest)
Part 135 - Charter Airlines Safety Standards
What is a public charter? ✔Ans✔ Similar to renting a limo but with a plane
