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<p>[quote user="schlimm"]</p> <p>[quote user="Phoebe Vet"]</p> <p>[quote user="Sam1"]</p> <p>[quote user="Phoebe Vet"]</p> <p><span style="color:#800000;">I don't use it, so the government shouldn't be involved in it. Let the people who use it pay for it. Now where have I heard that before?</span></p> <p><span style="color:#800000;">Try to picture a world where all roads are toll roads and the airlines have to operate the air traffic control system. </span>[/quote]</p> <p>Who said anything about the airlines operating the air traffic control system? </p> <div style="clear:both;"> [/quote]</div> <p><span style="color:#800000;">That's odd. I could swear he said that the government should get completely out of the transportation business and privatize everything. Isn't ATC part of the transportation infrastructure he wants to privatize?</span></p> <p>[/quote]</p> <p>From the original post:</p> <p>"Air Subsidies: End subsidy direct or indirect. The most obvious thing is to get rid of essential air service. Privatize federally owned commercial airports and make air traffic control, security and other parts of the airport privately owned. A private institution could provide its own security or air traffic control."</p> <p>Apparently your enthusiasm for libertarian schemes caused you to overlook that. [/quote]</p> <p>I don't necessarily agree with everything that said in the original post. But I commend the author for stirring a worthwhile discussion.</p> <p>As I noted in another post, air traffic control in Australia, whilst coordinated by the federal government, is operated by contractors. The airports are owned by private interest. What have the results been? Much better than when they were operated by government employees. </p> <p>Privatizing air traffic control does not mean that it would be owned or operated by the airlines. Inasmuch as they are not the major user of the system, why would they want to buy a stake in it.</p> <p>I believe that market solutions, where they will work independently or with some subsidization, is a valid point of view. Labeling market solutions as libertarian is out of order. You should be able to make a point without name calling.</p>
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