Senate Appropriators Up Objections to Independent ATC
A letter this week from the Democrat and Republican leaders of the Senate Appropriations Committee serves notice that their position has not changed.

U.S. Senate appropriations leaders have reiterated their concerns about the push to create an independent air traffic control organization, telling their Senate colleagues in a letter this week that such an effort would be “devastating [to] a core component of our economy.” The February 28 letter, sent to Senate Commerce Committee chairman John Thune (R-South Dakota) and ranking Democrat Bill Nelson (D-Florida), marked one of the strongest objections yet from the Appropriations Committee on the issue.

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