It was a rhetorical quip.


Sure have heard of Fed Ex and UPS. I wonder why US Government hasn't outsourced USPS to one or both of them?

That's rhetorical too.

The government won't outsource USPS because postal delivery is an internal infrastructure issue that has tentacles into interstate commerce and other areas deemed too important to mess with. The over-riding point is this: privatizing ATC would be a bridge too far for two major reasons: The US Government would lose it's control and oversight, and you can't strike against the US government. The PATCO strike taught us that. I certainly don't see ATC privatization as happening.

ATC pensions are a small part of the larger pot of government pensions. I estimate they are insignificant in terms of impact on national debt.