Aviation And the Role of Government.

I recently had to use this book for a class on basic legislation relating to the aviation community. The history about the creation of the American aviation industry and regulation is interesting. On a whole the author doesn't dive too deep into it all, rather touches on major points in the history as needed for this basic introduction. The largest let down though is the self-check modules that are provided with the CD-ROM. There are numerous typos in both the book and supplied modules. It lead to confusion with a number of students on my class, because while trying to answer some of the modules the book had a different spelling or didn't even mention a subject that was being asked in the module.

book badly beat up. highlighted extensively & much scribble in the margins.NOT WORTH $$, next time I will buy new.

I'm working on my bachelor's degree and I found this to be one of the best books so far in all my courses. I read it from top to bottom. It provides excellent information on the history of American civil aviation, the FAA and airline deregulation. If you want to learn why civil aviation in the US is in such a sad state, then read this book!
JEC

Great info on the history of aviation. Fast easy reading but not much on leglislation. The price of this book is criminal.

Give a good chronological review from the early days of aviation thru deregulation. More of a history of aviation then a review of legislation. Book did not get deep into early legislation but did devote a lot of chapters to regulation/deregulation. Overall material was informative but had a lot of personal views from author.