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hschulein

(1,168 posts)
Sat Feb 13, 2016, 05:37 PM Feb 2016

Mike Malloy - House Panel Votes To Privatize Air Traffic Control



A House committee approved landmark legislation Thursday to shift air-traffic control from the Federal Aviation Administration to a not-for-profit corporation, in an effort to provide more stable funding and avoid congressional politics.

After more than eight hours of voting on amendments, the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee approved the bill on a 32-26 vote. The bill now goes to the full House and must still be considered by the Senate.

“The FAA’s failure to modernize the system has been well documented,” said Rep. Bill Shuster, R-Pa., the committee chairman who wrote the bill. “With a modern system, we’ll see more effective use of the airspace, more direct routes, increased capacities, shorter flight times, reduced delays and cancellations, and reduced pollution and noise.”

Full story: http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2016/02/11/house-panel-votes-privatize-air-traffic-control/80234064/#

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Mike Malloy - House Panel Votes To Privatize Air Traffic Control (Original Post) hschulein Feb 2016 OP
This is just 100% dumbfuckery stupid !! pangaia Feb 2016 #1

pangaia

(24,324 posts)
1. This is just 100% dumbfuckery stupid !!
Sat Feb 13, 2016, 05:40 PM
Feb 2016




“With a modern system, we’ll see more effective use of the airspace, more direct routes, increased capacities, shorter flight times, reduced delays and cancellations, and reduced pollution and noise.”

Bullshit.


Sorry.. thanks for posting this. I saw it somewhere else, also..
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