08-22-2006, 03:43 AM
I'm working on this on Jolt, I think it might be near submission, so here it is.
Quote: Air Travel Safety Act
Category: Free Trade/International Security/Global Disarmament/Human Rights (depending on how the draft shapes up)
Strength: Strong/Significant
Description: BELIEVING that air travel is a fast and efficient method of transportation, however
NOTING that without standards for air travel, it can also be dangerous,
1. DEFINES, for the purpose of this resolution:
a. "aircraft" as any vehicle that travels through the air, such as airplanes, airships, helicopters, blimps, hot-air- and lighter-than-air balloons, etc. and is under the command of a civilian crew without military purpose or intent;
b. "civilian aircraft" as an aircraft under the command of a civilian crew for a non-military purpose and "military aircraft" as any aircraft being used for military purposes (including civilian aircraft that have been hijacked for military purposes);
c. "airport" as anywhere designated for any type of air vehicle to take off an land;
d. "emergency situation" as a situation on an aircraft in which eminent loss of life, property or the aircraft is threatened;
e. "international flight" as a flight by a civilian aircraft that takes off in one UN nation and lands in another;
2. CREATES the UN Team for Aviation Regulations and Mandates to Avoid Catastrophic Kinds of Erratic Disasters (UNTARMACKED) to create and periodically revise standards for air transportation;
3. ASSERTS that all nations have sovereignty over their airspace, and that, in non-emergency situations, civilian aircraft must respect any regulations made by nations as long as they are in the nation in question's airspace;
4. MANDATES that, in an emergency situation on a civilian aircraft, the nearest airport to the aircraft where the aircraft could make a safe landing, as determined by the captain or other officer-in-charge of the aircraft, must allow the aircraft to land safely as soon as possible, and must allow another or the same aircraft to pick up the passengers and transport them to their final destination in a safe and timely manner;
5. CONDEMNS the attack of any civilian aircraft except when absolutely necessary and the disguising of military aircraft as civilian aircraft;
6. MANDATES that all passenger aircraft flying international flights carry safety items to adequately protect each passenger in case of cabin depressurization, water landing, rough/crash landing, and other emergency scenarios, the exact specifications of which shall be determined by UNTARMACKED and may vary with different types of aircraft;
7. DESIGNATES UNTARMACKED to develop a universal system of lights, insignia, signals, radios, and other methods of aircraft identification and communication that all aircraft flying international flights must use and that all captains, pilots and officers of such aircraft be familiar with;
8. DESIGNATES UNTARMACKED to develop a standard for minimum safe training, size of crew and safe routes of travel for different types of aircraft that all airlines must abide by for international flights;
9. DECLARES that the regulations in clauses 8 and 9 will be reviewed and revised yearly in order to account for new types of aircraft and other changing factors, and that airlines and nations may submit petitions to change regulations set by UNTARMACKED, which will be read at these yearly reviews;
9. STRONGLY URGES nations to enact similar safety policies for domestic flights.[/quote]
Quote: Air Travel Safety Act
Category: Free Trade/International Security/Global Disarmament/Human Rights (depending on how the draft shapes up)
Strength: Strong/Significant
Description: BELIEVING that air travel is a fast and efficient method of transportation, however
NOTING that without standards for air travel, it can also be dangerous,
1. DEFINES, for the purpose of this resolution:
a. "aircraft" as any vehicle that travels through the air, such as airplanes, airships, helicopters, blimps, hot-air- and lighter-than-air balloons, etc. and is under the command of a civilian crew without military purpose or intent;
b. "civilian aircraft" as an aircraft under the command of a civilian crew for a non-military purpose and "military aircraft" as any aircraft being used for military purposes (including civilian aircraft that have been hijacked for military purposes);
c. "airport" as anywhere designated for any type of air vehicle to take off an land;
d. "emergency situation" as a situation on an aircraft in which eminent loss of life, property or the aircraft is threatened;
e. "international flight" as a flight by a civilian aircraft that takes off in one UN nation and lands in another;
2. CREATES the UN Team for Aviation Regulations and Mandates to Avoid Catastrophic Kinds of Erratic Disasters (UNTARMACKED) to create and periodically revise standards for air transportation;
3. ASSERTS that all nations have sovereignty over their airspace, and that, in non-emergency situations, civilian aircraft must respect any regulations made by nations as long as they are in the nation in question's airspace;
4. MANDATES that, in an emergency situation on a civilian aircraft, the nearest airport to the aircraft where the aircraft could make a safe landing, as determined by the captain or other officer-in-charge of the aircraft, must allow the aircraft to land safely as soon as possible, and must allow another or the same aircraft to pick up the passengers and transport them to their final destination in a safe and timely manner;
5. CONDEMNS the attack of any civilian aircraft except when absolutely necessary and the disguising of military aircraft as civilian aircraft;
6. MANDATES that all passenger aircraft flying international flights carry safety items to adequately protect each passenger in case of cabin depressurization, water landing, rough/crash landing, and other emergency scenarios, the exact specifications of which shall be determined by UNTARMACKED and may vary with different types of aircraft;
7. DESIGNATES UNTARMACKED to develop a universal system of lights, insignia, signals, radios, and other methods of aircraft identification and communication that all aircraft flying international flights must use and that all captains, pilots and officers of such aircraft be familiar with;
8. DESIGNATES UNTARMACKED to develop a standard for minimum safe training, size of crew and safe routes of travel for different types of aircraft that all airlines must abide by for international flights;
9. DECLARES that the regulations in clauses 8 and 9 will be reviewed and revised yearly in order to account for new types of aircraft and other changing factors, and that airlines and nations may submit petitions to change regulations set by UNTARMACKED, which will be read at these yearly reviews;
9. STRONGLY URGES nations to enact similar safety policies for domestic flights.[/quote]
