Bush Administration trips on ATC privatization issue
In a move seen by many observers as a first step in privatizing the nation’s ATC services, President Bush amended an executive order issued by President Cl
In a move seen by many observers as a first step in privatizing the nation’s ATC services, President Bush amended an executive order issued by President Clinton in December 2000 that made ATC an “inherently governmental function.”
Most of the aviation industry and many in Congress oppose privatization of ATC, and Transportation Secretary Norman Mineta, a former congressman, immediately went into damage-control mode. According to the Associated Press, he denied that the Administration has plans to turn over the ATC system to private industry, and suggested that the wording change could have been made to ensure that the FAA’s privately operated contract control tower program would continue.
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