Choose one of the topics listed below, and include what topic you are addressing at the top of your post:
Summarize the impact of that topic on the commercial aviation and aerospace industry and the evolving context of aviation policy and regulation. Try to review the topics already addressed and select something different.
Ideas to help guide your work:
List the main ideas within this topic.
State reasons why the topic is necessary.
Choose a specific person or group involved, and explain their role in the topic.
Ask a classmate how this topic will change in the future.
1970 – Airport and Airway Development Act of 1970
1970 – The Clean Air Act, Amended
1972 – Noise Control Act of 1972
1974 – Independent Safety Board Act of 1974
1976 – Airport and Airway Development Act Amendments
1977 – Air Cargo Deregulation Act
1978 – Airline Deregulation Act
1979 – Aviation Safety and Noise Abatement Act
1984 – The Commercial Space Launch Act
1990 – Airport Noise and Capacity Act (ANCA)
1994 – FAA Authorization Act of 1994
1998 – The Commercial Space Act
1999 – Wendell H. Ford Aviation Investment and Reform Act for the 21st Century (AIR-21)
2001 – Air Transportation Safety and System Stabilization Act
2001 – Aviation and Transportation Security Act
2002 – Homeland Security Act
2003 – Vision 100-Century of Aviation Reauthorization Act
2004 – The Commercial Space Launch Amendments Act
2007 – Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act
2010 – Airline Safety and Aviation Administration Extension Act of 2010
2012 – The FAA Reauthorization Act of 2012
