ATC Privatization Fight Not Over, Bolen Says at Forum
The association is hosting a regional forum at HPN.
The threat of privatized ATC is one that is not going to go away, NBAA president and CEO Ed Bolen warned today at the association's regional forum at HPN. (Photo: Curt Epstein)
The threat of privatized ATC is one that is not going to go away, NBAA president and CEO Ed Bolen warned today at the association's regional forum at HPN. (Photo: Curt Epstein)

With the general elections less than two months away, the business aviation industry should expect a continuing debate on the possibility of ATC privatization. That was the message from NBAA president and CEO Ed Bolen as he opened the association's regional forum at Westchester County Airport in White Plains, New York, this morning. “This is not a fight that is going to go away,” he said. Indeed, at the Airlines for America (A4A) summit in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday , A4A chairman and American Airlines president and CEO Doug Parker warned of "myths and distortions" by "corporate jet lobbyists who accuse the commercial airlines of plotting to take over the air traffic control system through privatization..."