Practical Aviation & Aerospace Law

Updated and expanded in its seventh edition, Practical Aviation & Aerospace Law" (previously "Practical Aviation Law") and its companion workbook function as a comprehensive instructive package for undergraduate and graduate aviation law courses. This book is an invaluable reference guide for aviation and aerospace business managers, pilots, maintenance personnel, aircraft owners, air traffic controllers, air safety investigators, operators of unmanned aircraft, and others involved in aviation and aerospace as a profession or hobby. It provides readers with the basic legal knowledge and perspective to understand how the legal system works in the aviation and aerospace industry. The authors help readers recognize and avoid common legal pitfalls, enabling them to recognize when they need to call a lawyer. This seventh edition is updated and expanded to reflect recent judicial decisions and changes in statutory, regulatory, and international treaty law. It covers topics surrounding the burgeoning unmannedaircraft (UAV) and commercial spaceflight segments as well, from an increasingly global viewpoint. The authors' conversational tone and combined experience, along with frequent cited examples, make this an engaging textbook and reliable resource for schools and for the industry"--