[US] Privatizing Air Traffic Control
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[US] Privatizing Air Traffic Control
The idea comes from delays to the FAA's NEXTGEN project, which is simply put, a plan to overhaul the airspace system and make it easier to use. The project is meant to save airlines and travelers money. Trump and some of the airline executives don't believe it is moving quickly enough and say a corporation would be able to do things quicker.
I bring this up here because I know some of you are familiar with your aviation authorities in other countries, where some may us a semi or fully privatized ATC system. Please give us your thoughts as well. It appears the US is trying to mirror the ATC system in place in Canada, which is fully privatized by an organization set-up by the government. However, Canada's aviation system is about the capacity of Dallas and Ft. Worth, Texas in terms of airplanes and airspace.
Feel free to read more and research the subject, but a heads up this is likely to be the talks in US aviation for some time.
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I still think that, with today's tech, there is no reason that every commercial aircraft in the world cannot be tracked in real time with their flight data synced to a central database constantly throughout every flight. There is no reason an aircraft should be able to vanish with no idea of where it was and why it happened.
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The real threat is to general aviation which consists of the flight training, aircraft rentals, privately-owned aircraft, corporate services, and charter operations. There is even more than that, but the threat of paying additional fees for services that are already being funded by taxes is ridiculous. The airlines honestly only account for about a third of the market. Putting them in control is not the way this should work. It really just needs to be re-evaluated and done differently if at all.
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Make the private pilot testing easier and more accessible so I can become a pilot
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Remember though many people think that when a govt agency goes 'private' many assume that some corporate pig is gonna take over. The feds will still have alot of control over it and any profits wont be hogged by a pig either.
The Rhode Island Airport Corporation and the Rhode Island Bridge and Port Authority are private agencies though the state/dot still has major control and influence in their operations.
Also pilots might have to pay for tower services but federal money wont or shouldnt be going into this new private agency. I hope...
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That might be what they want.
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And then in a few years they'll be begging for money over the radio, as if it wasn't expensive enough to be a pilot as it is.Patrick31337 wrote: ↑Thu Jun 08, 2017 8:05 pm It could end up being similar to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which will receive very little funding from the government and will be paid for by "pilots like you."
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