approximately 200 to 300 feet—in order to navigate themselves via railways and roads; furthermore, landing aircraft at night required the use of bonfires on landing strips (Gibbs-Smith, 2013). As a result, aircraft accidents were fatal and routine.
According to Van der Linden (2015), the Air Mail Act of 1925 ignited the commercial airline industry, giving birth to such commercial passenger service companies as Pan American Airways, Ford Air Transport Service, and Western Air Express. In the 1930s, Eastern, United, American, and Transcontinental and Western Air (TWA) became the main domestic airlines dominating commercial air travel (Van der Linden, 2015). Then, as air travel started to escalate, airport operators began to provide a simple …show more content…
At the time, the US government was spending an enormous amount of funding on aircraft production, as the steady growth in automobile manufacturing gradually gave way to the surge in aircraft production (Gibbs-Smith, 2013). Aircraft production was so great that, by 1945, the US had already manufactured approximately a third of the globe’s total number of aircraft, contributing to the increase in the Gross Domestic Product (Gibbs-Smith, 2013). Due to the airline industry’s growth and expansion, there was a great demand for labor. For example, more aircraft manufacturers, engineers, pilots, and ATC personnel were required to meet the increasing demand (Gibbs-Smith, …show more content…
In the US, aviation legislation advocates felt that all aircraft required federal administration and supervision in order to maintain and improve safety standards in the sky. Therefore, in 1926, the Air Commerce Act was passed (Larsen, Sweeney, & Gillick, 2012). As a result of this legislation, air traffic rules, air commerce, certifying aircraft, licensing pilots, forming airways, and operating air navigation were all regulated. At the time, the Aeronautics Branch in the Department of Commerce was primary responsible for overseeing aviation industry, and William P. MacCracken, Jr. was appointed the first director (Larsen et al., 2012). In 1934, the Bureau of Air Commerce was created by Congress in order to carry on the work of the Aeronautics Branch. Then, in 1940, the Civil Aeronautics Administration was renamed the Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB) and responsible for air safety and the operations of the airline companies in existence at the time (Jackson, 2015). Finally, after a series
According to Van der Linden (2015), the Air Mail Act of 1925 ignited the commercial airline industry, giving birth to such commercial passenger service companies as Pan American Airways, Ford Air Transport Service, and Western Air Express. In the 1930s, Eastern, United, American, and Transcontinental and Western Air (TWA) became the main domestic airlines dominating commercial air travel (Van der Linden, 2015). Then, as air travel started to escalate, airport operators began to provide a simple …show more content…
At the time, the US government was spending an enormous amount of funding on aircraft production, as the steady growth in automobile manufacturing gradually gave way to the surge in aircraft production (Gibbs-Smith, 2013). Aircraft production was so great that, by 1945, the US had already manufactured approximately a third of the globe’s total number of aircraft, contributing to the increase in the Gross Domestic Product (Gibbs-Smith, 2013). Due to the airline industry’s growth and expansion, there was a great demand for labor. For example, more aircraft manufacturers, engineers, pilots, and ATC personnel were required to meet the increasing demand (Gibbs-Smith, …show more content…
In the US, aviation legislation advocates felt that all aircraft required federal administration and supervision in order to maintain and improve safety standards in the sky. Therefore, in 1926, the Air Commerce Act was passed (Larsen, Sweeney, & Gillick, 2012). As a result of this legislation, air traffic rules, air commerce, certifying aircraft, licensing pilots, forming airways, and operating air navigation were all regulated. At the time, the Aeronautics Branch in the Department of Commerce was primary responsible for overseeing aviation industry, and William P. MacCracken, Jr. was appointed the first director (Larsen et al., 2012). In 1934, the Bureau of Air Commerce was created by Congress in order to carry on the work of the Aeronautics Branch. Then, in 1940, the Civil Aeronautics Administration was renamed the Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB) and responsible for air safety and the operations of the airline companies in existence at the time (Jackson, 2015). Finally, after a series