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U.S. is open to privatizing air traffic control
Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx said the U.S. could consider privatizing the nation's air traffic control system. "My feeling is that we should engage with all of the stakeholders and keep our ears and minds open to new and different ways of doing things," Foxx said. AIN Online (2/25) (www.ainonline.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
"Listen, our contract is up for bid again in 2 weeks and management is riding my arse to get these birds in the air and on the ground like clockwork. I don't care what it takes, get it done or don't bother clocking in tomorrow!"....... Said right as a possible micro burst is forming off the end of the runway.....
Al-Qaeda has attacked civilian and military targets in various countries, including the September 11 attacks, 1998 U.S. embassy bombings and the 2002 Bali bombings. You now want to hand over our Air Traffic Control System to potential members????
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Yes! Let private industry take over and they will be hiring every Tom, Dick and Harry who will work for 'peanuts" so they can increase profits and bonuses. This lessens the security and control of our airspace. You want that???
That's jusy scare mongering. Airlines don't want their planes falling out of the sky. They have every incentive to want to prevent crashes.
The only way to increase ATC safety is by measuring safety, no matter who performs the ATC function.
The only way to increase ATC safety is by measuring safety, no matter who performs the ATC function.
Then you are being naive! Edward Snowden penetrated NSA via a private contractor. Why can't some one of his mentality or terrorist leanings penetrate a privatized ATC and someday just say, I don't like that EL AL or Delta flight flying in my vicinity. Let's see if we can direct them into each other.
I just don't trust private contractors hiring into secure government positions. Maybe this is due to my 27 years in the Air Force.
I just don't trust private contractors hiring into secure government positions. Maybe this is due to my 27 years in the Air Force.
Again. Scare mongering. We all get up and put our pants on one leg at a time. Any good ol' American will want to keep the planes flying safely.
People need to start believing in what they can do. Not what they can't do.
People need to start believing in what they can do. Not what they can't do.
The right to strike.
Since 1972, all new FAA ATC hires have sworn/affirmed the no-strike oath.
The issue is a potential Pandora's box that could be reopened with the advent or adoption of a privatized ATC system in America. Advocates had better begin to understand it. The option of non-governmental employees withholding their services is real if privatization comes to pass.
ATC strikes routinely happen all over the planet. Do a simple search for "air traffic controllers on strike". Lots to read.
Please, don't evoke The PATCO Strike as so many of those folk (not all) were pre-1972 hires not bound to the no-strike oath. But, DO recall what U.S. ATC service was like on 8/3/81, and the next day, and the next day, and the next day for some years to come. Does anyone remember The GAR Program or the draconian metering?
How can controllers working for a company be compelled/incentivized not to walk, especially once they are inevitably organized? Where is the big stick? The possibility of slow-downs, sick-outs, and strikes within any private firm cannot disappear with the stroke of a pen.
The American flying public have enjoyed a seamless continuity of ATC service for decades, perhaps,to the point of taking it for granted. However, they may have forgotten precisely what an ATC job action tastes like.