Civil Aviation Authority (United Kingdom)

The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) is the statutory corporation which oversees and regulates all aspects of civil aviation in the United Kingdom. Its areas of responsibility include:

• Supervising the issuing of pilots and aircraft engineers licences, testing of equipment, calibrating of navaids, and many other inspections.
• Managing the regulation of security standards, including vetting of all personnel in the aviation industry.
• Overseeing the national protection scheme for customers abroad in the event of a travel company failure.