The US Manual of International Air Carriage is a practical guide to the law of international air transportation, particularly as it applies in the United States under the terms of the Montreal and Warsaw Conventions, as well as US and international judicial authorities. It provides a clear guide to the choice of law and jurisdiction in any specific transportation and explains the legal provisions and principles applicable to a contract of air transportation in given circumstances. The book draws together the numerous and disparate provisions of the treaties governing air transportation into a coherent, organized, and easily accessible framework for the analysis of legal claims and the conduct of international air carriage litigation in the US.
Specialists in aviation law will find this a useful book for easy reference. The book will also serve as a practical guide to practitioners without extensive experience in this field when they are advising clients and handling litigation. Finally, jurists, arbitrators, mediators, and members of the aviation and insurance communities will find it helpful when dealing with claims and losses arising from international air transportation.

John Holding was called to the Ontario Bar in 1959, followed by the Bars of Alberta and the Yukon. In 1971, he was appointed a Queen's Counsel.

Mr. Holding was a senior partner with Borden Ladner Gervais LLP and its predecessor, Toronto law firm Borden & Elliot. He retired as a senior partner and former head of litigation in December 2002, after 43 years with the firms. Mr. Holding is a member of the Canadian Bar Association, The Advocates' Society, the Royal Aeronautical Society and the Lawyer-Pilots Bar Association. He has been recognized nationally and internationally as a leader of the Canadian aviation bar.

John Holding is now a member of the mediation and arbitration panels of ADR Chambers, a Toronto-based alternative dispute resolution group.

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John Scott Hoff is the senior partner in the Chicago law offices of Hoff and Herran. After eight years active duty in the USAF, during which he received his JD degree and two masters degrees, he joined the FAA as a trial attorney in the office of the Chief Counsel in Washington D.C. In 1976, he entered private practice with Lord Bissell & Brook in Chicago. For over thirty years he has specialized in aviation and insurance defense, and has been recognized nationally as a leader in the field of aviation law. He is a past President of the Aviation Insurance Association (AIA) and Director of the Attorney Section. He has authored numerous articles on aviation subjects, and has been a featured speaker at the SMU Air Law Symposium and the AIA Annual Conference. He is adjunct professor of aviation law at the John Marshall Law School in Chicago and a member of the faculty since 1993. He holds an FAA Commercial Pilots license. He maintained his interest in military aviation, and retired as a full Colonel in the USAF.

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