Aviation law

automobile accident, while the same person has a 1 in 7,178 chance of dying in an aircraft accident. This means a person is about 73 times more likely to be killed on the road than in the air (Locsin, 2008). The unavoidable problem of perception in aviation is that, unlike auto accidents, air disasters result in a far greater loss of life and economic cost in a single incident. While an accident on the road may make the local evening news, major aircraft accidents will likely be international…

Lisa Phan Professor Gary Jason Philosophy 312 17 April 17, 2016 Delivery Drones Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), commonly known as “drones,” are a military technology that is being developed for civilian and commercial use in the United States (2). The popularity of drones has risen in the past five years around the world. Drones are vastly being used for delivering medical aide, surveillance, search and rescue, etc (Daly 1). The commercial use of drones are also in the process of developing.…

For example the FAA will make regulations on how drones can be flown. The FAA has had a lot on their plate especially because, “Now the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is facing mounting pressure from state governments and localities to issue flying rights for a range of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs)” (Whitehead) . The FAA is getting pressure, and creating rules to control unmanned devices…

[N]either the common law nor any code of human law seeks to enforce the rule of perfect morality declared by divine authority, which acknowledges as its one principle the duty of doing to others as we would that others should do to us, and which, by consequence, absolutely excludes and prohibits all cunning and craft or astuteness practiced by any one for his own exclusive benefit. And it thence follows that a certain amount of selfish cunning passes unrecognized by Courts of justice, and that…

As I’m sitting at the terminal at LaGuardia International airport in New York City waiting on my flight to Los Angeles. Someone speaks over the intercom, “Attention passengers, the flight to Los Angeles will be delayed for two hours. I apologize for any inconveniences this may have caused.” Thinking to myself, “What the heck, this always happens when I fly.” I’ve already been sitting there for an hour, I decide to get up and stretch my legs. Wandering throughout the terminal passing by…

Recalling the statistics from Boeing, civil aviation has a success rate of about 99% (Statistical Summary, 2014). For this reason, it is easy to fall into the trap of being unprepared in the event that the unthinkable happens, and there is a major accident involving the organization’s aircraft. If the accident takes place in the United States, the NTSB will deploy a “Go Team” to begin investigating the accident. If the accident takes place in another country, the NTSB will most likely be…

Nuisance can be separated into private, public and statutory nuisance. Private nuisance is “ the unreasonable use of man of his land to the detriment of his neighbour (Miller v. Jackson [1977] QB 966 (CA); 3 All ER 338) and can only be claimed by the individual affected that has an interest in the land . The potential defendants can be the creators of the nuisance, regardless of whether they are also the occupiers of the property . However, if the occupier or landlord are not the creators…

Personal privacy versus public security has been a big debate for a very long time. I can not remember a time when people were not worried about who was watching them or who has their information. Today it is even more of a debate because of the amount of personal information that is held within our phones and in databases that are not even known to the public. I argue that unless it is being used to make the country safer, the information that is roaming around the internet is dangerous;…

There are three periods in the history of the Basic Law, one of regular changes, one of near complete stability, and one of intense activity surrounding the reunification of Germany after the fall of the German Democratic Republic. The first was the attempt to override some of the weaknesses in the Basic Law at its inception. Once that plateau of stability had been achieved, there was a long period of tranquility in which the Basic Law was barely touched. However, the defining test of the…

WHY CAN’T I FLY Dreams like airplanes flanked with wings are designed to fly and soar through the sky. But often times like broken down planes confined to its hangar, theydon’t come true. There are several reasons forthis malaise. However, one or moreof these reasons is responsible for why many dreams are trapped and denied the bliss of soaring in the free skies above. 1. UNWILLINGNESS TO WORK As passengers onboard an airplane are dependent on the pilot to fly them to their destinations, so are…