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AVIATION LAW CERTIFICATION EXAMINATION STUDY GUIDE This Exam Will Require a Substantial Amount of Study and Preparation AVIATION LAW CERTIFICATION EXAMINATION STUDY GUIDE This exam will require a substantial amount of study and preparation. The degree and extent of preparation will depend on the individual examinee. An individual may find it takes more or less time depending on that examinee’s experience and knowledge in the various areas of aviation law. The cases, statutes and codes reflected in this study guide are not intended to be an exclusive list from which to study for the examination but are only provided as a guide to assist the examinee in selecting study materials. The Committee does not endorse or favor any particular seminar, speaker, or materials provider in preparation for the examination. 1. Litigation 1.1 Montreal Convention and related cases – Section 7 below 1.2 Federal Tort Claims Act (28 U.S.C. §1346(a) (b) and §2671 et. seq.) 1.3 Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 1.4 Florida Rules of Civil Procedure 1.5 U.S. District Court Rules 1.6 28 U.S.C. § 1369 - Federal Multi-Party, Multi-Forum Trial Jurisdiction Act (“MMTJA”) 1.7 49 U.S.C. § 1136 (2006) - Aviation Disaster Family Assistance Act of 1996 1.8 49 U.S.C §1132(c) – Civil Aircraft Accident Investigation 1.9 49 U.S.C. §41705 – Air Carrier Access Act 1.10 49 U.S.C. §41713 – Preemption of Authority over Price, Routes and Service 1.11 49 U.S.C. §44112(a)(b) – Limitation of Liability 1.12 Section 48.193, Fla. Stat. Page 1 of 9 1.13 Section 95.031(2) 1.14 Section 627.409, Fla. Stat. 1.15 Florida Wrongful Death Act (F.S.A. §768.16 et. seq.) 1.16 Section 768.1256, Fla. Stat. 1.17 Section 768.1257, Fla. Stat. 1.18 Section 768.79, Fla. Stat. 1.19 Section 768.81, Fla. Stat. 1.20 Section 768.72, 768.73, Fla. Stat. 1.21 Fla. Bar Rule 4-718(a)(b) – Direct Contact with Prospective Clients 1.22 Cases: Fabre v. Marin, 623 So.2d 1182 (Fla. 1993.) Pickett v. Woods, 404 So.2d 1152 (Fla. 5th DCA 1981), review denied, Foremost Ins. Co. v. Pickett, 412 So.2d 465 (Fla. 1982) Thomas Brooks Charter v. Burnett, 920 Fd.2d 634, 643 (10th Cir.1990) Graham v. Teledyne Continental Motors, 805 Fd.2d 1386, 1387-88 (9th Cir. 1986) Competition Liaison Bureau, Inc. v. Cessna Aircraft Co., 2011 U.S.Dist.LEXIS 38656 (M.D. Fla. 2011), aff’d 2011 U.S. App. LEXIS 25560 (11th Cir. 2011) Cassoutt v. Cessna Aircraft Co., 742 So.2d 493 (Fla. 1st DCA 1999) Butchkosky v. Enstrom Helicopter Corp., 855 F.Supp.125 (S.D. Fla. 1993) Inmon v. Air Tractor, Inc. 74 So.3d 534 (Fla. 4th DCA 2011) Kinney Systems, Inc. v. Continental Insurance Co., 674 So.2d 86 (Fla. 1996) Shinault v. Am. Airlines, Inc., 936 F.2d 796, 800 (5th Cir. 1991) Price v. Delta Airlines, 5 F.Supp.2d 226 Deterra v. America West Airlines, 226 F. Supp.2d 298 (D. Mass. 2002) Executive Jet Aviation, Inc., v. City of Cleveland, 409 US 249 (1972) Air Crash off Long Island New York, 209 F. 3d 200 (2d. Cir 2000) Vreeland v. Ferrer, 71 So.3d 70 (Fla. 2011) Indemnity Ins. Co. of North America v. American Aviation, Inc., 891 So.2d 532 (Fla. 2004) Sikkelee v. Precision Airmotive Corp., 822 F.3d 680 (3d Cir. 2016) Schorr v. Aero Accessories, Inc., 2015 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 177284 (N.D. Ga. 2015) Page 2 of 9 Everett v. BRP-Powertrain GmbH & Co KG, 2015 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 119874 (E.D. Wis. 2015) Lubin v. Delta Airlines, Inc., 2015 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 100402 (S.D. Miss. 2015) Mullen v. Bell Helicopter Textron, Inc., 2015 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 138770 (S.D. Miss. 2015) ("Mullen I") Mullen v. Bell Helicopter Textron, Inc., 2015 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 149792 (S.D. Miss. 2015) ("Mullen II") Sutcliffe v. Honeywell Int’l, Inc., 2015 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 4038 (D. Ariz.2015). Siswanto v. Airbus,S.A., 153 F.Supp.3d 1024 (N.D. Ill. 2015) 1.23 General Aviation Revitalization Act of 1994 (GARA) (Public Law 103-298) 2. Aeronautics and Space 2.1 14 CFR 253.1 through 253.10 – Notice of Terms of Contract of Carriage. 2.2 14 CFR 254.1 through 254.6 – Domestic Baggage Liability. 2.3 14 CFR 250.1 through 250.11 – Oversales. 2.4 14 CFR 382.1- through 382.159 – Non-discrimination on Basis of Disability in Air travel. 2.5 14 CFR 259.1 through 259.8 – Enhanced Protections for Airline Passengers 2.6 Treaty on Principles Governing the Activities of States in the Exploration and Use of Outer Space Including the Moon and Other Celestial Bodies, Jan. 27, 1967, 18 U.S.T. 2410, 610 U.N.T.S. 205. 2.7 Convention on International Liability for Damage Caused by Space Objects, Mar. 29, 1972, 961 U.N.T.S. 187. 2.8 Agreement on the Rescue of Astronauts, the Return of Astronauts and the Return of Objects Launched into Outer Space, Apr. 22, 1968, 19 U.S.T. 7570, 672 U.N.T.S. 119. 2.9 Convention on Registration of Objects Launched into Outer Space, Apr. 14, 1975, 28 U.S.T. 695, 1023 U.N.T.S. 187. 2.10 Agreement Governing the Activities of States on the Moon and Other Celestial Bodies, Dec. 18, 1979, 1363 U.S.T. 3. 2.11 Commercial Space Launch Activities, 51 U.S.C. §§50901 through 50923. 2.12 National Aeronautics and Space Act, 51 U.S.C. §§ 20101 through 20103. 2.13 Commercial Space Transportation Regulations, 14 CFR 400 through 460. 2.1 4 Space Florida Act, Fla. Stat. §331.301 et seq. Page 3 of 9 2.15 Spaceflight; Informed Consent Fla. Stat. §331.501 2.16 Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems 14 CFR Part 107 2.17 FAA Advisory Circular 107-2 3. National Transportation Safety Board 3.1 49 CFR 831.4-14 3.2 49 CFR 835.4 3.3 49 CFR 845.33 3.4 49 CFR 845.32 4. Registration/Recording and Security Interests 4.1 14 C.F.R. Part 45 4.2 14 C.F.R. Part 47 4.3 14 C.F.R. Part 49 4.4 14 C.F.R. Part 91 4.5 §212.05(1)(a) Fla. Stat. 4.6 §329.01, Fla. Stat. 4.7 §329.41, Fla. Stat. 4.8 §329.51, Fla. Stat. 4.9 Ch. 85, Fla. Stat. 4.10 Ch. 679. Fla. Stat. 4.11 Ch. 713, Part II, Fla. Stat. 4.12 Creston Aviation, Inc. v. Textron Financial Corp., 900 So.2d 727 (Fla. 4th DCA 2005) 4.13 Commercial Jet, Inc. v. U.S. Bank, N.A., 45 So.3d 887, 888 (Fla. 3d DCA 2010) 4.14 US Acquisition, LLC v. Tabas, Freedman, Soloff, Miller & Brown, P.A., 87 So.3d 1229 (Fla. 4th DCA 2012). 4.15 49 U.S.C. 44103, 40102, 44101-44112 (1995) (originally enacted as part of the Federal Aviation Act) 4.16 The Convention on International Civil Aviation, 61 Stat. 1180, T.I.A.S. No. 1591, 15 U.N.T.S. 295 Page 4 of 9 4.17 The Convention on the International Recognition of Rights in Aircraft, 4 U.S.T. 1830 (1948), T.I. A.S. No. 2847 (June 19, 1948), 310 U.N.T.S. 151 4.18 Philko Aviation, Inc. v. Shacket et ux, 462 U.S. 406, 103 S. Ct. 2476 (1983) 4.19 The Cape Town Convention on International Interests in Mobile Equipment (49 USC 44,113), which became effective in the US on March 1, 2006 (P.L. 108-297). Available online at http://www.unidroit.org/english/conventions/mobile- equipment.pdf 4.20 The Protocol to the Convention on International Interests in Mobile Equipment, Matters Specific to Aircraft Equipment. Available online at http://www.unidroit.org/english/conventions/mobileequipment/aircraftproto col.pdf 4.21 Florida Bar Rules of Professional Conduct available online at: http://www.floridabar.org/rules/rrtfb/#chapter4 5. Airport Operations and Land Use 5.1 Federal Aviation Administration Order 5190.6B, including regulations appended within Appendices A through Z. Including 49 U.S.C. §47101, 49 U.S.C. §47107, 49 U.S.C. §§47171-17142. 6. Enforcement 6.1 14 CFR Part 13 6.2 14 CFR Part 16 6.3 14 CFR Part 61 6.4 14 CFR Part 67 6.5 14 CFR Part 91 6.6 14 CFR Part 105 6.7 14 CFR Part 119 6.8 14 CFR Part 121 6.9 14 CFR Part 135 6.10 49 CFR Part 821 6.11 49 CFR Part 826 6.12 49 CFR Part 830 6.13 49 USC §44703 6.14 49 USC §44709 Page 5 of 9 6.15 49 USC §44710 6.16 49 USC §46301 6.17 Advisory Circular 0046E 6.18 Advisory Circular AC120-12A 6.19 Aeronautical Information Manual Paragraphs: (1-2-1), (1-2-3), (3-2-1), (3- 2-2), (3- 2-3), (3-2-4), (3-2-5), (3-2-6), (3-5-1), (3-5-6), (4-1-16), (4-1-17), (5-5-1), (5-5-2), (5-5-8), (7-5-2), (8-1-1) 6.20 FAA Notice N 8900.195 (Cancelled 8/8/2013, but still good information on PBR written notification.) 6.21 Pilots Bill of Rights (Public Law 112-153; 126 Stat. 1159) 6.22 Administrator v.
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