Aviation Regulation at the Federal, State, and Local LevelsAviation impacts everyone and everything. Not only does it have an impact on a global basis, but it also has an equally large impact on local businesses. Aviation is regulated in many different ways at the national level. There are many federal rules, such as airspace, and they must be respected by everyone, while there are local rules, such as traffic pattern altitude, and they must be respected as if they were federal rules. As in any other field of work, there are laws and regulations that people must obey. If people were allowed to do whatever they wanted, we would live in a world of chaos. There are many different levels of regulation in the aviation industry. It is mostly subsidized in three categories, which would be federal, state and local. Now each category has many regulations and each one must be followed very carefully because it is the basis of our safety. The laws vary greatly but all serve the same purpose. What the aviation industry has to create to come up with all these regulations is what we call the FAA or the Federal Aviation Administration. They work with the DOT (Department of Transportation) to ensure a smooth transition of all aircraft, aviators and aviation safety. In addition to this there are many other administrations, departments, offices, commissions and bodies that regulate aviation. The NTSB (National Transportation Safety Board) also works to ensure safety in the world of aviation. Each department has its own function and makes some kind of contribution to the aviation industry. The FAA, however, is pretty much what regulates and inspects everything to do with aviation. The FAA regulates everything from the first bolt put in a plane to the captain of a 747. Now the level at which it enforces it is very different. There are thousands of departments within the FAA that deal with all of the above. People employed by the FAA range from pilots to lawyers to mechanics. Each of them has some kind of contribution to regulation. For example, a pilot would conduct test flights and ensure that the aircraft is airworthy. Or maybe even vet a pilot to make sure he or she is “airworthy.” Now the work of lawyers is a little different. The job of FAA lawyers is to examine violations of regulations and see who was actually at fault. The FAA handles cases... middle of paper... example of pilot flying under IFR (Instrument Flight Rules) following federal airways. Federal airlines are airlines used for Aleve traffic and know where the plane is. No, airways are created and enforced by the FAA. The FAA must also maintain these airways by making sure the VORs (Very High Frequency Omnirange Receivers) are working. Within the FAA there are several departments that handle all these matters, but the main head is the FAA. In addition to the FAA there are departments such as the NTSB (National Transportation Safety Board) which for example would deal with the JFK accident. They are in charge of identifying the cause and how the plane crashed or had an accident. As you see, many different people and agencies control aviation in many different ways. Even though we are just “Pilots” flying the plane, people seem to forget that we manage millions of lives a day, usually more lives than a doctor, so there are many reasons to have so much control over the industry. Without this control and safety the aviation industry would be in chaos and people would refuse to fly. Now, due to all the restrictions and regulations, flying has become the safest method of travel.