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US air traffic reforms lack ambition

Written by Aviation Advocacy on . Posted in Air traffic management

There has been a lot of discussion in the US recently on how to reform the FAA’s Air Traffic Organization (ATO). The ATO has been criticised by many for being inefficient and for failing to modernise. Furthermore, its funding is currently subject to federal approval of the FAA’s budget – a drawn-out and unstable process that places the ATO’s activities at risk. One popular suggestion is to transform the ATO into a not-for-profit, government-owned organisation that would operate at arms’ length and be funded by user charges. Others have touted NAV Canada’s user-cooperative as a potential model to adopt. So far there has been little discussion of the idea of a for-profit ATO despite this model being applied elsewhere. UK NATS, Airways New Zealand and Air Services Australia are all for-profit providers of air traffic services.

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