Focus Was On Air Traffic Control Privatization
Last week, in a press conference call with reporters, leading airline passenger rights and consumer advocates warned against what they say will be "negative and dire impacts" of air traffic control privatization. The current bill about to be considered in the U.S. House of Representatives H.R. 2997, known as the 21st Century AIRR Act, would transfer control of the nation’s vital air traffic control infrastructure to a private board heavily dominated by commercial airline interests and with no public accountability, leaving consumers and communities out in the cold, they say.