Airspace Safety Act
Category: Regulation | Area of Effect: Safety | Proposed by: Drew Durrnil
The World Assembly;
Noting GA #342 "Civilian Aircraft Accord", which is a precursor to this proposal in providing basic guidelines in aircraft security,
Wishing to add onto the aforementioned proposal with guidelines in aircraft safety,
Believing that passengers of all aircraft should be and feel safe and protected,
Wanting to establish better standards for passenger safety on aircraft;
Hereby:
- Defines the following;
- An "aircraft" as a vehicle that is capable of moving via airspace on its own propulsion;
- An "airstrip" as a strip of land specifically made for the taking off, taxiing, and landing of aircraft;
- An "air marshal" as an official tasked to defend the passengers or cargo of an aircraft from terrorist or other security threats; and
- An "aircraft incident" as an event occurring in an aircraft or the flying of an aircraft that is likely to endanger the aircraft or the lives of the passengers onboard;
- Establishes the World Assembly Aviation Commission (henceforth referred to as the WAAC), which is tasked with enforcing the actions stated below;
- Prohibits the following on all aircraft (unless the item(s) cannot be removed and/or are carried for medical use);
- On all aircraft;
- Anything that is manufactured for the main purpose of impairing the normal functionings or flight patterns of said aircraft (unless the item is an anti-aircraft weapon carried on a military aircraft);
- In the cabins of all passenger aircraft (unless the armed person(s) in question is an air marshal or military personnel);
- Any poisons (excepting drugs or poisons carried for medical use) that can impair an individual's ability to communicate;
- Any item that is intended to harm or kill, such as firearms and bombs;
- Any item that is manufactured for the main purpose of exacerbating an attack intended to harm or kill someone;
- Enacts the following;
- All aircraft incidents must be reported to the air traffic control of the origin or destination airstrip immediately by the pilot for mandatory investigation by the WAAC or a nation's aviation authority, except if;
- The pilot of an aircraft is unable to adequately communicate with air traffic control, in which a copilot of said aircraft (if applicable) able to communicate with air traffic control shall report the incident;
- None of the pilots nor copilot(s) (if applicable) is able to adequately adequately communicate with air traffic control, in which the aviation authority of the nation in which the origin airstrip resides must submit radar data (if applicable) to the WAAC;
- All manned aircraft must have one first-aid or other medical kit for every 40 passengers; and
- All manned aircraft must have at least one emergency exit or another form of aircraft emergency evacuation.