The Federal Aviation Act of 1958

 The Federal Aviation Act Of 1958

 

The new and innovative technologies that came up during the 1950s implemented a massive increase in the demand for airline services and created the national airspace in the U.S way more crowded than it used to be a few years before. The consequences of increasing civilian air traffic, military aerial activity, and the lack of cooperation between those two strained the government's capacity to regulate air travel safety. (Harris, 2004).

 Air traffic control agencies began to expand due to the increasing traffic

 

On June 30th, 1956, two airline jets (United and TWA) were cruising on a collision course in uncontrolled airspace and crashed over the Grand Canyon, killing 128 people on board. At that time, this crash was the most extensive loss of life in an aviation accident and raised public concern regarding the significance of aviation safety standards. Due to the significant crash, Congress passed the Airways Modernization Act to establish a new board that investigates the long-term demands of aviation safety regulation and reduces the number of safety events with the increasing demand for air travel. As some key legislators thought that the new board should be temporary, other legislators thought it needed to be a permanent board that should provide a regulatory solution in aspects of aviation safety. Two more crashes in 1958, occurring one month after each other, between military and civilian aircraft, pointed up the need for unified control of the flight of both military and civilian aircraft. (Gelder, 1959).


series of accidents prompted the establishment of the Federal Aviation Agency, later to be known as the Federal Aviation Administration.  


A few days after the last two collisions, Senator Mike Monroney introduced the Federal Aviation Act after realizing the significant need for a quick and efficient response. On August 13, President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed the bill into law on August 23, 1958, appointed AMB Chairman Quesada as the first FAA Administrator, and transferred, by executive order, AMB's authority to the FAA on November 1. (Harris, 2004). The purpose of this legislation act was to establish a regulator that will oversee and create a set of standards and promotions of civil aviation in a manner of aviation safety and provide for the safe and efficient use of the airspace by civil and military aircraft over the United States.



References:

Harris, Douglas B. "Federal Aviation Act (1958)." Major Acts of Congress. (2004). Macmillan Reference USA. Gale eBooks. Retrieved From: https://link-gale-com.ezproxy.libproxy.db.erau.edu/apps/doc/CX3407400112/GVRL?u=embry&sid=GVRL&xid=67b2edef

Gelder, J. (1959). Air Law: The Federal Aviation Act of 1958. Michigan Law Review. Retrieved From: https://doi.org/10.2307/1286152

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