ATC
ATC privatization debate stirs the political caldron
Rumor has it the Bush Administration intends to sell off ATC to the highest bidder.

Rumor has it the Bush Administration intends to sell off ATC to the highest bidder. As is the case with most rumors, there is a kernel of truth around which a mass of misunderstanding and misinformation has grown.

On Dec. 7, 2000, President Bill Clinton signed Executive Order 13180–Air Traffic Performance-Based Organization. In it, he said, “To further improve the provision
of air traffic services, an inherently governmental function, in ways that increase efficiency, take better advantage of new technologies, accelerate modernization efforts and respond more effectively to the needs of the traveling public, while enhancing the safety, security, and efficiency of the nation’s air transportation system, it is hereby ordered as follows…[the] establishment of the air traffic organization (ATO).”

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