AAAE CM Module 1 Questions with 100% Correct
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Air Commerce Act of 1926 - ✔✔Created a new Aeronautics Branch known as the CAA (the precursor of
the FAA)
Function of the Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB) - ✔✔Make safety rules and economic regulation of the
airlines
Deregulation of the airlines created this airline design - ✔✔Hub and spoke system
What act created the FAA? - ✔✔Federal Aviation Act (FAA)
What act created the TSA? - ✔✔Transportation Safety Act (TSA)
Airport and Airway Development Act of 1970 - ✔✔Created gov't subsidies programs to expand the list of
eligible projects for Federal Funding
Growth of the FAAP to the AIP - ✔✔Will be discussed later
Future challenges facing the industry - ✔✔1. UAVs
2. Commercial Space
3. Cybersecurity
Big dog of a Commercial Service Airport? - ✔✔Airlines
Big dog of a GA Airport? - ✔✔FBO
What is an FBO? - ✔✔Fixed Base Operator that provides fuel
, What is a SASO? - ✔✔Aeronautical Service that doesn't provide fuel
How many airports in the US? - ✔✔19,000 ish
How many airports are Commercial Service Airports? - ✔✔Just over 5,000
How many GA airports are there? - ✔✔Roughly 2,500
What are the significance of these numbers: 2500, 10000 and 3345? - ✔✔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? - ✔✔To relieve the GA traffic from a Commercial Service Airport
Joint-Use Airport vs. Shared-Use Airport - ✔✔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? - ✔✔Part 91 - General Aviation Safety
Standards
Part 121 - Scheduled Airlines Safety Standards (highest)
Part 135 - Charter Airlines Safety Standards
What is a public charter? - ✔✔Similar to renting a limo but with a plane
Answers | Latest Version 2024 | Verified
Air Commerce Act of 1926 - ✔✔Created a new Aeronautics Branch known as the CAA (the precursor of
the FAA)
Function of the Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB) - ✔✔Make safety rules and economic regulation of the
airlines
Deregulation of the airlines created this airline design - ✔✔Hub and spoke system
What act created the FAA? - ✔✔Federal Aviation Act (FAA)
What act created the TSA? - ✔✔Transportation Safety Act (TSA)
Airport and Airway Development Act of 1970 - ✔✔Created gov't subsidies programs to expand the list of
eligible projects for Federal Funding
Growth of the FAAP to the AIP - ✔✔Will be discussed later
Future challenges facing the industry - ✔✔1. UAVs
2. Commercial Space
3. Cybersecurity
Big dog of a Commercial Service Airport? - ✔✔Airlines
Big dog of a GA Airport? - ✔✔FBO
What is an FBO? - ✔✔Fixed Base Operator that provides fuel
, What is a SASO? - ✔✔Aeronautical Service that doesn't provide fuel
How many airports in the US? - ✔✔19,000 ish
How many airports are Commercial Service Airports? - ✔✔Just over 5,000
How many GA airports are there? - ✔✔Roughly 2,500
What are the significance of these numbers: 2500, 10000 and 3345? - ✔✔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? - ✔✔To relieve the GA traffic from a Commercial Service Airport
Joint-Use Airport vs. Shared-Use Airport - ✔✔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? - ✔✔Part 91 - General Aviation Safety
Standards
Part 121 - Scheduled Airlines Safety Standards (highest)
Part 135 - Charter Airlines Safety Standards
What is a public charter? - ✔✔Similar to renting a limo but with a plane
