Originally Posted by
Andy
Or maybe privatized ATC is more cost effective than a government system? I'm happy with Canada's privatized ATC.
Ok, do you fly GA? That might work in Canada. I do have friends in Canada that despise the private ATC system.
Privatized ATC in the US would devolve into airlines cutting costs at everyone else's expense. Safety would be for sale. Nothing would get spent on GA, and GA effectively shut out of the system and exorbitant prices for minimal or nonexistent services.
Anyone arguing "It works in Canada" is a false argument. There is no other ATC system in the world as safe, or as large as the US system. Privatization will not work, and is a giant boondoggle to get the FAA funding removed from the federal budget to show that something is being done. Why does something have to be done to fix a non problem? Politicians.....