The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) is the public corporation which oversees and regulates all aspects of aviation in the UK. It was established in 1972. The main act of parliament regulating aviation in the UK is the Civil Aviation Act 1982. Previously, regulation of aviation was the responsibility of the Department of Transport. 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year that started on a Saturday. ... In Westminster System parliaments, an Act of Parliament is a part of the law passed by the Parliament. ... The Department of Transport is a ministry of the United Kingdom, currently headed by the Secretary of State for Transport (Alistair Darling). ...

The CAA employs just over 1000 staff, mainly in two offices, CAA House Holborn in London and Aviation House, next to London Gatwick Airport. The civil servant responsible for the CAA in the Department for Transport is Sandra Webber, Divisional Manager of the Aviation: Consumer and CAA Division. Holborn (pronounced ho-bun or ho-burn) is a place in London, named after a tributary to the river Fleet that flowed through the area, the Hole-bourne (the stream in the hollow). ... Part of the London skyline viewed from the South Bank London is the most populous city in the European Union, with an estimated population on 1 January 2005 of 7. ... Gatwick Airport (IATA: LGW, ICAO: EGKK) is Londons second airport and the second busiest airport in the UK after Heathrow in terms of passengers per year. ... The civil service of the United Kingdom is the permanent bureaucracy that supports the political Government responsible to the Sovereign, the House of Commons and the House of Lords, in administering the United Kingdom. ... In the United Kingdom, the Department for Transport is the government department responsible for the transport network. ...

Responsibility for air traffic control in the UK passed to NATS in 2001. Air Traffic Control Towers (ATCTs) at Schiphol Airport Air Traffic Control (ATC) is a service provided by ground based controllers who direct aircraft on the ground and in the air to ensure safe, orderly and expeditious traffic flow. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ...

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The CAA regulates all aspects on avation in the UK. they also oversee the ATOL. The ATOL licence offers financial protection for airlines. e.g. If you fly abroad with a airline and whilst you are on holiday they go bust. If you had no money or there where no flights home the CAA would make sure that you got back to the UK as long as the airline is covered by ATOL In music, the introduction is a passage or section which opens a movement or a separate piece. ...

See also

• Air safety
• UK topics

• Civil Aviation Authority for similar organisations in other countries

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External link

• http://www.caa.co.uk/