Download or read book This is the FAA. written by and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The men and women of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) are proud to be part of this aerial pageant. They administer the world's busiest civil aviation system. In a single day, air traffic controllers handle upwards of 200,000 takeoffs and landings at airports across the nation. They are responsible for the safety of half a billion airline passengers a year. In the same period, other FAA specialists perform 30,000 security inspections and assessments, host more than 5,000 safety seminars, and conduct 300,000 safety inspections of airlines and aviation activities. - p. [1].