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Washington Report: Controllers cite UK, Canadian woes

Continuing its opposition to any hint of a privatized ATC system in the U.S., the National Air Traffic Controllers Association (Natca) said it is closely w

By AIN Staff • AIN Staff

May 15, 2008

Continuing its opposition to any hint of a privatized ATC system in the U.S., the National Air Traffic Controllers Association (Natca) said it is closely watching the funding problems being experienced in the UK and Canada. Privatization advocates in the U.S. point to what they call “successes” in both the UK and Canada to justify their position, said Natca president John Carr, who argued the word “failure” now applies. He claimed that even the so-called nonprofit model puts cost cutting ahead of safety and security.

Natca said that in late February, a single case of a UK controller out on sick leave precipitated the closure of a 200-nm belt of airspace, and a source at National Air Traffic Services told a British newspaper that morale is “absolutely dreadful.”

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