Regulations and Government
Leaders Reiterate Need for Consensus on ATC Overhaul
Lawmakers, aviation leaders signal they have little appetite for privatization debate
air traffic controller (Photo: the National Air Traffic Controllers Association)

Aviation leaders stressed the urgent need to step up modernization of the nation’s ATC system, calling it unsustainable today during a hearing before the U.S. House Transportation and Infrastructure (T&I) Committee’s aviation subcommittee. But stakeholders and lawmakers alike reemphasized the need to avoid contentious debates around proposals such as privatization, which has been touted recently in some circles in Washington.

With the backdrop of recent fatal accidents that have claimed the lives of dozens of people, the aviation subcommittee delved into the shortfalls of the system and the slow progress in updating it.

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