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US Mission to the ICAO It doesn’t work that way. ICAO is a top-down entity. The contracting States develop a national aviation structure (legislative, CAA, regulatory) that meets the standards of the ICAO Articles and Annexes. Once that national system is accepted by the ICAO (US in 1947), the...

FTFY. We’re talking semantics here. When you use “threats” and “violence” in this context you come across as implying those governmental agencies will act outside the very laws they are enforcing on others. The main reason for this is that “threats of violence” and “violence” are codified as a...

As I've stated, there isn't at the FAA administrative level. However, I think your continued use of "threats" and "violence" in this discussion points more to a belief that governments, in general, should not have the appropriate powers to enforce the laws of the land. If anything were to fall...

No. One, 90+% of FAA violations are settled administratively with only civil penalties and/or certificate suspension/revocation the maximum action needed. Two, of that 90% about 70% are settled at the FSDO or Regional level. Three, of the remaining 10%, a little more than half will go before...

Ha. Too much. We’ve gone from the FAA enforcing the FARs to the mafia breaking kneecaps. Nah, homie doesn't follow that rabbit-hole…;) But if you want to stay on the OP topic, perhaps you can post some actual examples of the FAA using threats and violence to enforce their rules and regs? And...

I don’t see how that scenario meets the definition of “violence”, ie, physical force intended to hurt, damage, or kill someone or something? Same with the use of “threaten” in this context, ie., one's intention to take hostile action against someone in retribution. Perhaps you use a different...

Yes, cost. By removing the government from the aviation industry, you would break every aviation-related treaty and agreement the US is signatory to. In a nutshell, the US aviation industry would implode on itself leaving little left to voluntarily reestablish those agreements with over 80...

Interesting. Starting with your 2 actions above, what will be your plans to mitigate the results of those actions as itemized below? 1) The stoppage of all US N-registered aircraft flights outside the borders of the US and their territories? 2) The stoppage of all incoming aircraft flights...

I think that answer is very subjective to what specific part of the 78 Act you are looking at. For example, on fare cost, it was worth it. But if you look at the collateral damage side, it allows a HEMS operator to charge $60K for a 30 minute flight for a broken finger and the consumer as zero...

Interesting. So to follow your OP article’s byline: “Flying has never been worse…” how does that square with your comment it was the right direction? Same with why does the US now need a law to guarantee Essential Air Services to certain small municipalities requiring 100s of millions in...

Interesting. Since it was the Airline Deregulation Act of 1978 that created these "cartels", how would you solve the problem without regulation or oversight? However, I don't think the use of "cartel" is appropriate given its current definition. A better explanation would be along the lines of...

As I had noted above, the history and articles were to be used as a reference to build a search for the data and analysis. IMO in order to look for something one needs a basic foundation of the subject to find the details. Maybe this link will point to some data analysis reports...

A good place to start is with the Convention Articles linked below. Once I complete my travels I'll see if I have any similiar links in my bookmarks. 1944 Chicago Convention Articles

Plenty. The aviation industry is one of the few, if not the only one, where numerous countries accept each others laws and rules based on face value only. So there are a number papers out there on how it works. If you use the history of ICAO and the 1944 Chicago Convention (not 1947) as a...

They realized in 1947 in order for the aviation to grow internationally it would require an international regulatory standard accepted by all members you chose to join. The result was ICAO. For example, there is not or ever has been, a single aviation entity that could afford to pay for...

One possibilty is the list of approved aircraft is very small vs the list for the more expensive ones? Or it could have been a simple typo in the print catalog? Have seen similar price differences before when researching parts that fell under the above and other reasons over the years.

The one item you’re missing is that aviation is “regulated” on an international level. The reason traceability and dozens of other requirements were implemented in the 40s was due to the Chicago Convention and the formation of ICAO. This agreement allowed any member’s aircraft, parts, and to an...

How would you define the data required for the testing across many different disciplines within the industry? How would you identify and collect the number of number of parts installed in airplanes each year? FYI: most civil aviation authorites have established processes to deal with the...

Your off in your assessment. And you're off tangent enough that I can't figure a way to bring it back in with your examples. But it has zero to do with "99% false positive rate" in the context you provide. So I'll try this way..... First, aviation is a closed industry. Any product, article...

Unfortunately it happens with some regularity at all levels. For example there was a UK company busted last year selling "bogus" parts to several airlines. Fortunately 99% of the time the "counterfeit" portion is the only the documentation and not the part itself. Same for this incident as well...