Reason, May 1st, 1994
Critics believe that air traffic control should be handed over to government-owned corporations rather than to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). The FAA suffers from severe budget constraints and red tape and uses outdated equipment to regulate air traffic.
There's a growing consensus that the FAA shouldn't be directing air traffic.
THE NEXT TIME YOU FLY coast to coast, which would you choose: A flight guided all the way by highly skilled air traffic controllers, using the latest high-tech radars, satellite-based navigation, and state-of-the-art computers? Or a system in which the b...
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