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Every day, there are issues and topics being discussed in the Aviation industry, and while as an individual you may not be able to make much of a dent in such an argument, a group would be able to. There are many different aviation groups that you can belong to, but it is crucial to choose the ones that support your beliefs and desires so that you may prosper and help others succeed in the path you have established. Two organizations that would be important for me to belong to would be the WAI, Women in Aviation International, and NAFI, the National Association of Flight Instructors. WAI is a Non-profit organization that works to encourage and support women in all aviation related interests. According to the WAI website, they “provide year-round resources to assist women in aviation and to encourage young women to consider aviation as a career” (WAI, n.d.). Their group is very diverse as it includes everyone from astronauts to students and everyone in between. WAI also provides ser...

One of the greatest modern documents to the aviation for long haul travel, i.e. transoceanic flight, has been the “Open Skies Agreement” otherwise known as Air Transport Agreement between the United States and the United Arab Emirates.   According to the document, there is a grant of rights in the second article that states “Each Party grants to the other Party the following rights for the conduct of international air transportation by the airlines of the other Party: the right to fly across its territory without landing; the right to make stops in its territory for non-traffic purposes; and the rights otherwise specified in this Agreement” (U.S. Department of State, 2002). One of the only things not allowed is in the immediate preceding paragraph which goes on to say that the foreign carrier may not “the rights to take on board, in the territory of the other Party, passengers, their baggage, cargo, or mail carried for compensation and destined for another point in the territory ...

Most of aviation is a very close niche and a very small world. This world, however, has been thrown into the spotlight a few times throughout its rather short history. One of the most recent example of this is the rumored name tossed into the list of next possible FAA administrators. That name is John Dunkin, President Donald Trumps personal pilot. While there has been quite a lot of skepticism, there are also supporters for this Dunkin. According to Brianna Gurciullo and Tanya Snyder, both of which report on transportation issues for Politico, relayed a quote from Axios, one of the first to affirm that Dunkin was on the list of possible FAA administrators, stated that “he's "managed airline and corporate flight departments, certified airlines from start-up under FAA regulations, and oversaw the Trump presidential campaign’s air fleet.”” (Gurciullo & Snyder, 2018). In a quote made by Dunkin, he stated the enormous amount of traveling the president conducted along his camp...