Regulations and Government
A4A Seeks Self-Funded ATO With Stakeholder Board
A4A asks Congress to consider air traffic reforms that would remove governmental constraints and improve ability to manage assets.

Airlines For America (A4A) is asking lawmakers to look at a new air traffic control structure that would involve an independent, multi-stakeholder governing board and a “fair” self-funding model based on costs of services. American Airlines chairman and CEO and A4A vice chairman Doug Parker testified before the House aviation subcommittee during a March 24 hearing on ATC reform that a successful organization must have the ability to manage assets and capital that facilitates modernization at a far greater speed. An air traffic organization also must have effective management teams that can be nimble “without the constraints imposed on government agencies.” Funding should be free from budget constraints and either short-term or declining appropriations, and governance should involved multiple stakeholders.


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