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Foundations oF aviation Law This page has been left blank intentionally Foundations of aviation Law MichaeL w. Pearson Arizona State University danieL s. ri Ley © Michael w. Pearson and daniel s. riley 2015 all rights reserved. no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise without the prior permission of the publisher. Michael w. Pearson and daniel s. riley have asserted their right under the copyright, designs and Patents Act, 1988, to be identified as the authors of this work. Published by ashgate Publishing Limited ashgate Publishing company wey court east 110 cherry street union road suite 3-1 Farnham Burlington, vt 05401-3818 surrey, Gu9 7Pt usa england www.ashgate.com British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library The Library of Congress has cataloged the printed edition as follows: Pearson, Michael w., author. Foundations of aviation law / By Michael w. Pearson and daniel s. riley. pages cm includes bibliographical references and index. isBn 978-1-4724-4560-5 1. aeronautics--Law and legislation--united states. i. riley, daniel s., 1979- author. ii. title. KF2400.P43 2015 343.7309'7--dc23 2014028897 ISBN 9781472445605 (hbk) ISBN 9781472445636 (pbk) ISBN 9781472445612 (ebk – PDF) ISBN 9781472445629 (ebk – ePUB) II Printed in the united Kingdom by henry Ling Limited, at the dorset Press, dorchester, dt1 1hd Contents List of Figures vii List of Tables ix Preface xi List of Cases xiii List of Acronyms xv Part I Fundamental PrInCIPles oF law 1 Jurisprudence and US Legal History 3 2 The US Legal System 19 3 Types and Sources of Law 39 Part II admInIstratIve avIatIon law 4 Aviation Regulation 59 5 Enforcement Actions 81 6 Medical Certification 137 Part III avIatIon and the law 7 Aviation Accident Law 161 8 Aviation Criminal Law 191 9 Aviation Labor Law 223 Part Iv aIrPort law 10 Airport Zoning and Noise 235 11 Airport Ownership and Operation 251 12 Airport Development and Funding 261 vi Foundations oF a viation Law Part v avIatIon Bus Iness and InsuranCe 13 Business Entities and Aircraft Transactions 275 14 Aviation Insurance 287 Part vI InternatIonal law 15 International Aviation Law 307 Selected Bibliography 327 Index 329 List of Figures 2.1 The three levels of the federal court system 22 4.1 The FAA rulemaking process 66 5.1 Sample warning notice 90 5.2 Sample letter of correction 91 5.3 Remedial training letter and syllabus 93 5.4 Enforcement action flowcharts 98 5.5 Certificate of waiver or authorization 105 5.6 Letter of investigation 109 5.7 Enforcement decision process 114 8.1 ValuJet Flight 592 criminal indictment article 192 8.2 Criminal convictions for violating safety rules article 198 8.3 Pilots have limited privacy interest in FAA medical data article 218 9.1 Minor disputes 225 9.2 Major disputes 225 10.1 Apportionment of zoning authority between the city council, planning and development commission, zoning administrator, and the board of adjustment 236 11.1 Typical airport organizational structure 257 15.1 Organizational structure of the ICAO 310 This page has been left blank intentionally List of Tables 5.1 Risk assessment and action matrix 115 6.1 Medical certificate duration guide 140 12.1 Project eligibility for AIP funding 266