When does governmental immunity not apply? - Answer- Negligence, gross negligence, tucker act, fed tort claims act
Regulatory agencies - Answer- Tea
... [Show More] (screens), NTSB(investigates, non-rulemaking), ICAO (intl, voluntary)
Industry trade associations - Answer- Aaae (member focused), ACI (airport focused), Alean (police) IATA (airlines) A4A (airline Lobby), ALPA (pilots), RAA ( regional airlines), nbaa (Corp), aopa (small),
Grant assurance 29 ALP - Answer- Future facilities, conforms, land use,
Grant assurance 20 hazard removal - Answer- Protects airspace
Grant assurance 21 compatible land use - Answer- Attempts to restrict off airport land use
Aeronautical use land - Answer- Rw, tw, hangars, gates aoa
Non-aeronautical land use - Answer- Parking, concessions, ground trans
Off airport compatibilite land use - Answer- Doesn't interfere with flight ops and isn't harmed by
Incompatible land use - Answer- Residential, school, church, hospital, places of public assembly
Options to attempt to prevent incompatible land use - Answer- aMP integration with local plans
Hzo
Noise compatibility study
Educate zoning
Concurrant land use
Consequences of incompatible land use - Answer- Displaced threshold
Increased risk of accidents
Lost instrument approach
Airport closure
Non- Allowable activities - Answer- Non-aeronautical use of aeronautical areas
Grant assurance 19 ops and maintenance - Answer- Achieved by minimum standards, rules and regs,
Minimum standards - Answer- For tenants
Ensures adequate service
Promotes safety and quality
Protects airport users
Promotes orderly development
Prevents disputes
Grant assurance 22 economic non discrimination - Answer- No exclusive right to aeronautical tenant unless burdensome (by proof) or if airport self provides few
Rules and regulations - Answer- For users and tenants to provide safe and efficient operations
Permitted activities - Answer- Self fueling self maintainenance
Grant assurance 39 competitive acces - Answer- Must try to accommodate new carriers and report denials
Grant assurance 5 preserving rights and powers - Answer- No through the fence
Assures rights and powers
Yields less revenue
Airpark ok
Revenue types - Answer- Aeronautical (direct and substantial )
Non aeronautical (incidental)
Non operating (taxes, ofc, CFC)
Aeronautical revenue sources - Answer- Landing fees(most common)
File flowage
Land lease and terminal rent
Non aeronautical revenue sources - Answer- Terminal rents to concessions
Rental car fees
Parking lot
Ad space
Industrial park
Grant assurance 25 airport revenues - Answer- Prohibits revenue diversion
Grant assurance 26 reports and inspections - Answer- Commercial Sevice airports must report budget paid for services and break down revenues by type
Grant assurance 24 fee and rental - Answer- Rates and charges
Self sustaining as possible
Fees not based on aip improvements
Areonutical rate strategy - Answer- At least cover cost
Makes access fair and reasonable
Non aeronautical use rates - Answer- Fair market value
Attempting to be self sustaining
Execeptions to fmv - Answer- For community purposes
Not for profit
Transit
Private transit
Military
Faa rates and charges policy - Answer- Charges for aero must be fair and reasonable
Charges must Not unjustly discriminate
No diversion
Favorable to international carriers too
Rate structures - Answer- Residual (airline risk)
Compensatory
Hybrid
Please block subsidy
Compensatory agreements - Answer- Involve cost centers
Rate base - Answer- Historic, direct negotiation, or fmv
Rate base can include - Answer- Cost of facilities
Services provided
Debt service
Cash reserves
Environmental costs
Airports can make distinctions between signatory and John signatory carriers - Answer- If reasonable
When upgrading it systems look for - Answer- Compatibility
Security
Scalability
Usability
What is GIS - Answer- Links geographic info with descriptive info
Uses of GIS - Answer- Model patterns
Reveal relationship
Analyze trends
Airfield it systems - Answer- Lighting
Noise and ops monitoring
Vehicle ID $
Passenger processing
Business and finance systems
Asset management system
Physical access control (security )
Facility maintenance
Airports ops database
Cyber security threats - Answer- Hacking
Denial of sevice
Out of date network security
Email
Malware
Phishing
Spear phishing
Id theft
Social engineering
Commercial general liability insurance covers - Answer- Hangar keeper (aircraft damage)
Premises liability (injury)
Product liabikity(defective fuel)
Risk reduction methods - Answer- Part 139 compliance
AMA
Inspections
Employee screening
Notams
Blanket insurance riders
Environmental policy
Part 16 investigation - Answer- Formal complaint
Goes to faa attorney
Requires good faith effort to resolve
Non compliance has penalties
Closed fiscal system - Answer- When Airport excepts a grant. Revenues generated by airport must be expended on airport
What is the FAA's roll related to operator by law? - Answer- Regulator
gift giver
permission giver
operator of a TC system
Part 13 investigation - Answer- Informal complaint
Local ado
Interactive
Filed by tenant it faa
Grant assurance highlights - Answer- 20 pages: provides
Maintain airport
Use land to generate money to support aviation
Operate in public interest
Avoid exclusive rights
Length of grant assurances - Answer- 20 yrs-improvement
Life-property
Life of asset
3 afftects of grant assurances - Answer- Mechanism to Manage local affairs
Meets fed requirements for funds to be used for public air transportation
Promotes social objectives
Grant assurances - Answer- Hidden regulations
Promises
Faa most Effective means to eexcite government policy
Best practice airport documents - Answer- ACRP -airport management
pARAS- airport safety
Radio tech com on aeronautics-security access control systems
Tsa-security directives and information circulars
Difference between ac and order - Answer- Ac-guidance explains intent and compliance
Order -instructions to FAA personnel directives
fAa business lines relating to airport management - Answer- Ofc of Airports (ado)
Air traffic
Aviation safety (dado)
Commercial space transport
fAA major roles - Answer- Regulate aviation safety (not security)
Develope civil aeronautics
Atc and navaids
Develop national airspace system
Control noise
Regulate commercial airspace
Key regulations airport manger should know - Answer- 77 obs
107 uav
150 noise
1542 airport security
1544 airline security
36 engine noise
91 ga ops
121 Carrier ops
135 commuter ops
Airport management primary duty - Answer- Safe secure efficient operation of airport and all facilities
Airport executive - Answer- Charged with operating airport
Knows airport is public entity and business enterprise
Implements policy
Semi privatized - Answer- Sell or loose public airport to private operation
Grant assurances apply
Airport privatization program - Answer- Transfer fed obligation and ops, management, and development to private sponsor
Exemption from grant assurances
Airport ownership structures - Answer- Municipalities
Airport authority
Port authority
State
Federal
Municipal airport ownership structurr - Answer- Pro: resources, bonding, taxing authority
Con: divided attention, conflict of interest, fiscal constraints
Airport authority ownership structure - Answer- Pro: focused leadership , better decisions,
Con: less resources, no subsidies
C - Answer-
Challenges for airport operators - Answer- Enterprise fund- operates like a business
Inexperience/appointed managers
Self-sustaining-faa assists and guides
Threatened adjacent airspace
Community opposition to general aviation
Promoting and communicating benefits of the airport
Number of commercial service airport - Answer- 540- faa regulated
What portion of emplanments to large hubs serve - Answer- 70%
How many existing and proposed npias airport? - Answer- 3345
What are the GA airport classifications? - Answer- National regional local basic
Who is the ultimate airport customer? - Answer- The pilot
Straight lease - Answer- Constant rate throughout term. Short term
Graduated lease - Answer- Rate changes at pre determined levels
Revaluation lease - Answer- Periodic evaluation of value of property and rates adjusted accordingly
Percentage Lease - Answer- Rent is based on the income that a tenant can produce
Three approaches to leasing concessions - Answer- Traditional
Development company
Institutional operator- master lessee
Minimum annual guarantee - Answer- Annual minimum payment plus percentage of gross revenue
Property Management - Answer- Activities include leasing property, airport access, and concessions
2 benefits of concessions - Answer- Provides revenue for airport
Meets passenger needs
Why do concessions charge higher than steer prices at airports? - Answer- Higher rents and operating costs at airport (security and insurance)
What's the best way to Balance concessions pricing? - Answer- Competition instead of limiting profit margins or prices in the lease
PGL program guidance letter - Answer- Updates aip handbook
Types of aip - Answer- Entitlement, set aside, discretionary
Factors affecting rental costs in leases - Answer- Location
Size of facility
Support infrastructure
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