Shaping The Aviation Industry


                Laws and regulations in past or present shape the aviation industry future. The unfortunate subject behind laws and regulations is that it is usually initiated due to a prior incident(s). Legislative acts are signed for the safety of passengers and all the way down to how much fuel emissions are emitted through an aircraft. Most laws and regulations may seem monotonous, but the goal is to create a safer more reliable aviation industry.

                May 20th, 1926; Congress made one of the best decisions in legislative history, passing the Air Commerce Act. The Air Commerce Act placed in federal hands responsibility for fostering air commerce, establishing new airways, improving aids to navigation, and making and enforcing flight safety rules (Glass, 2013, Para. 1). This act shaped the aviation industry in numerous ways. The main idea behind the act was to prevent further aviation accidents. Enforcing safety is priority in aviation. Accidents cannot be prevented unfortunately, hence accident, the Air Commerce Act also allows federal investigations over accidents. Allowing investigations to reach federal level will not only provide more in depth research, but also to keep the information flowing through the industry, causing more precautions leading to safer airways.

Change may not be the best in some minds, the Commerce Act of 1926 was for the better; without it, one may have the question of “Where would the aviation industry be today?”



References:

              Glass, A. (2013, May 20). Congress passed Air Commerce Act, May 20, 1926. Retrieved from https://www.politico.com/story/2013/05/this-day-in-politics-091600

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