ATC Privatization - interesting reading

"Simon" wrote in message
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August 20, 2003
The Honorable Norman Mineta Transportation Secretary
U.S. Department of Transportation
400 7th Street, S.W
Washington, DC 20590
Dear Mr. Secretary:
We write to express our grave concern about the recent conduct of the
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) in lobbying Congress for the
authority
to privatize America's air traffic control (ATC) system. Although the FAA
has said that it had no intention of privatizing ATC functions, it worked
behind closed doors to gain authority to replace federal controllers at 69
airport towers with contract employees of private companies. Then, in an
apparent private deal with the Alaska delegation, the FAA agreed to be
prohibited from privatizing Alaska airports. How, Mr. Secretary, can you
defend a system that has one standard for Alaska, and another for the
other
49 states?

Alaska is not part of the Continental US. Did you know there are Interstate
Highways in Hawaii?