"To ensure a federal focus on aviation safety, President Franklin Roosevelt signed the Civil Aeronautics Act in 1938. The legislation established the independent Civil Aeronautics Authority (CAA), with a three-member Air Safety Board that would conduct accident investigations and recommend ways of preventing accidents. The legislation also expanded the government's role in civil aviation by giving CAA power to regulate airline fares and determine the routes individual carriers served. In 1940, President Roosevelt split the CAA into two agencies, the Civil Aeronautics Administration, which went back to the Department of Commerce, and the Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB). The offshoot of the original CAA retained responsibility for ATC, airman and aircraft certification, safety enforcement, and airway development. CAB responsibilities included safety rule making, accident investigation, and economic regulation of the airlines" (FAA,2017)



That I would say was one of the most important pieces of legislation in aviation history. It was the beginning of the FAA. Now for those who have dealt with the FAA over the years may have some unkind words, but look at it from the view of the whole picture. With the FAA's introduction and regulations put in place, it has made it a safer industry. It was no longer just do what you want and yes I know that still continues today, yet it is limited with a consequence of incarceration if you are caught. Yes we have all had bad and hopefully good FAA inspectors, but every where you go you will run into it.