Trump Administration calls for ATC to be spun off from FAA by 2021

[jimntx]

Fee-based system paid for by users of commercial aviation is funding source. (Can you say "ticket prices are going up?" That's right. I knew you could. Good Boy!)

Advantages? Foreseeable Problems? Discuss.

http://atwonline.com/air-traffic-ma...m=email&elq2=7c65b2fda4bd4eb382a8cb8031e2402f

 

[jimntx]

The argument that only the people who use a service should have to pay for the service is facetious. There are any number of things that are for the common good, and therefore the cost should be shared in common. Like the woman's rebuttal to the congressman who said that men should not have to pay for services that only women use--like mammograms. Does that mean I shouldn't have to pay for roads I don't drive on? or, Fire Departments if I don't use their services (i.e. my house is not on fire?), or police departments, and so on and so forth.

 

[Kev3188]

I agree with the common good argument; especially when it comes to things like infrastructure.

 

[Elderscrolls]

You two are the cutest....

 

[xUT]

I agree with the common good argument; especially when it comes to things like infrastructure.

Privatization of the FAA reminds me of ENRON and Uncle Bernie.
The Privatization of KommieFornia penal system has been/is a travesty.
The belief that an 'unfettered' free market system is a fallacy that is apparently being repeated because the Merican peple (it is not a misspelling) trust these robber barons and don't know the history of how we get screwed.
Just watch.

 

[Kev3188]

It's hard not to cover my eyes!

 

[xUT]

It's hard not to cover my eyes!

Me 2

 

[Elderscrolls]

Me 2

You two should try spooning together to alleviate your discomfort.

lol

 

[Dog Wonder]

Why does a discussion of privatizing the FAA give you spooning fantasies?

 

[jimntx]

Even though this thread fell off the rails in a big way, here's some new info on the subject.

US House Transportation Chairman Bill Shuster (R-Pennsylvania) on June 21 introduced a new bill that features a revised and supposedly friendlier approach to moving air traffic control (ATC) out of the FAA and into a federally chartered, non-profit organization.

http://atwonline.com/air-traffic-ma...on-chairman-introduces-atc-privatization-bill

 

[jimntx]

House and Senate clash on FAA future. Just like last year. Rep. Shuster (R, Pennsylvania) introduced a bill in the House to spin off the ATC to a non-profit agency. Senator Thune (R, South Dakota) introduced a bill in the Senate to leave the ATC intact within the FAA. Can't we all just get along?

http://atwonline.com/air-traffic-ma...m=email&elq2=c2247797a2a2496289e883c3d6ddb747