Regulations and Government
Former Rep. Shuster Pushes ATC Privatization Concept
Shuster was unable to get the concept passed while still in Congress
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A former key lawmaker revisited the concept of air traffic control privatization during an Aero Club of Washington luncheon last week, saying the issue needs to be reconsidered. According to Washington insider publication Politico, former Rep. Bill Shuster, a Pennsylvania Republican who chaired the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee from 2013 through 2018 and strongly pushed for privatization during his tenure, told Aero Club luncheon attendees, “I think we should take it out of government, commercialize it, or make a non-for-profit similar to that was the idea that I had six years ago.”

Shuster, now a senior policy advisor for the multinational law firm Squire Patton Boggs, added, “I think that’s something that needs to be considered again” given the results surrounding the agency.

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