The air traffic controllers still haven’t recovered from when Reagan destroyed
their union in the eighties. This has been around the net for a while and I
signed it.
Chuck
From: Miriam Vieni
Sent: Thursday, December 31, 2015 8:40 AM
To: blind-democracy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [blind-democracy] FW: Don't privatize U.S. air traffic control system
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Subject: Don't privatize U.S. air traffic control system
Tell Congress to fix something broken, not break
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Every day, the men and women working for the FAA's Air
Traffic Control (ATC) keep U.S. skies safe for air passengers.
There's a long list of government operations in bad need of
repair, including the TSA, which harasses airline passengers as it pursues
irrational and unproven theories of terrorist identification. The ATC isn't on
that list. It isn't broken.
But there is profit to be made in privatizing the ATC, at the
possible expense of safety, cost, and employment. A few countries have
privatized their ATC systems and the results have been higher costs for
passengers, less democratic oversight, and job losses.
Click here to tell Congress not to listen to lobbyists for
some of the biggest airlines who are demanding the privatization of the ATC.
Privatizing ATC operations would also hurt rural communities
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Transportation and Infrastructure Committee will be taking up the issue.
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The current system is working, though it could struggle if
drone lobbyists have their way and fill U.S. skies with unpiloted drones.
Privatizing air traffic control would likely mean more consolidation and power
for airlines, less choice and more expensive travel for consumers, loss of good
jobs among air traffic controllers and other aviation workers, and more cuts at
rural airports.
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