This Digest is a summary of the important developments in airport law in 2018, including: a list of principal cases decided last year; new FAA rules, policies, and guidance; and reports, studies, and articles of particular interest to airport legal professionals. The most significant change to the airport law landscape in 2018 came with the passage and enactment of the most recent FAA Reauthorization Act. The Reauthorization Act touches elements of airport funding, non-aeronautical development, airport noise, hazardous chemicals in ARFF foams, and other important issues for airport sponsors. With reauthorization legislation in the rear view mirror, sponsors now have longer-term certainty, but airports must wait to see how FAA will implement some of the trickier provisions of the law. There are dozens of new statutory requirements relevant to airports and to FAA regulation of airports – some of which are self- executing, some require new FAA regulations, others contemplate revised agency policies or guidelines, and, finally, some demand studies or reports (often with ambitious time deadlines). For a full summary of the FAA Reauthorization Act, see Kaplan Kirsch & Rockwell’s Airport Law Alert on the legislation, released in October 2018. Entering 2019, the newly divided Congress and changes to committee chairpersons will affect airport- related matters, though it is impossible to predict how or what changes might be in store. FAA will finally have a new permanent Associate Administrator for Airports: Kirk Shaffer, who is no stranger to airports (he previously held senior airport management positions) or to FAA…Open full document
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No. 29. According to their site: This is a summary of the important developments in airport law in 2018, including: a list of principal cases decided last year; new FAA rules, policies, and guidance; and reports, studies, and articles of particular interest to airport legal professionals. The most significant change to the airport law landscape in 2018 came with the passage and enactment of the most recent FAA Reauthorization Act.
They say that “a little knowledge is a dangerous thing.” Well, read this and get a little dangerous and possibly thoroughly confused. Gaining an understanding of Sea-Tac Airport means learning a certain amount about aviation law and there’s simply no “For Dummies” recipe book to walk you through it. But digests like this do afford you the chance to gain a curated overview of what is currently going on and that can help get you up to speed a whole lot faster.