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CloudDeckMedia
I know many controllers and those who train them, and they all say that staffing is dire and getting worse. This privatization concept has the potential to be a big overall winner: It would get FAA out of airspace management and NAVAID system maintenance where they've arguably failed to implement improvements in 50 years, and direct their focus on airman/aircraft certification & registration. (Note: It is NTSB - not FAA - that conducts accident investigations, and they do a great job.) Canada privatized their ATC 20+ years ago with NavCanada, and it's been a tremendous success. And it's time to move away from expensive, terrestrial NAVAIDS (VOR, ILS, NDB) and move to GPS navigation and approaches. The only thing FAA can claim as a success is the US accident rate, which is the lowest in the world, but most of that credit goes to airline & commercial pilot training, and advanced technology in the cockpit such as ADS-B and TCAS.
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