ATC
Advocacy Groups Form Coalition To Oppose ATC 'Privatization'
Americans Against Air Traffic Privatization said it will deliver a petition with 130,000 names to Congress opposing a privatized ATC entity.
President Trump's budget proposal calls for privatized ATC. (Photo: Bill Carey)
President Trump's budget proposal calls for privatized ATC. (Photo: Bill Carey)

A coalition of liberal advocacy groups has emerged that opposes a move within the U.S. Congress to create a new entity separate of the Federal Aviation Administration to manage the nation’s ATC system. Calling itself Americans Against Air Traffic Privatization, the coalition declared that it has an online petition signed by 130,000 people that it will deliver to Congress as that body deliberates the next FAA reauthorization bill.