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Aviation Law
Laws have been instituted by state and federal governments to enhance
safety in air traffic. Aviation Laws in the United States govern
aircraft operations and the maintenance of aircraft facilities.
Aviation involves interstate as well as international commerce, and
because of this Aviation Lawyers should be knowledgeable in laws
pertaining to state as well as federal aviation laws. While there are
commercial and non-commercial airlines, general aviation laws encompass
all non-commercial aircraft.
Since air travel involves individuals, Personal Injury Laws come into
the picture. And since personal injury law is regulated by individual
states, the federal aviation agency has put regulations in place that
can supersede those laws and allow aviation accident lawyers to help
victims and their families get the compensation they deserve. Aviation
Disaster Attorneys are an extension of the specialty of Personal Injury
Law. Aviation Disaster Attorneys in turn hire consultants to
investigate
crash scenes to ascertain the cause of the crash or malfunction. It has
been established that most of the crashes occur due to pilot error or
malfunctioning of aircraft parts and subsystems.
Congress
enacted the Aviation and Transportation Security Act of 2001 after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, which
established a Transportation Security Administration in the Department
of Transportation. The TSA now resides in the Department of Homeland
Security.
The main source for aviation law then is federally based. In order to provide interstate air
transportation, States are
prohibited from regulating rates, routes or services of any air carrier
authorized under the Federal Aviation Act . States are not
prohibited, however, from enacting
consistent laws, or from altering existing remedies under state law.
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