because it would cripple air travel.
Originally Posted by lex442
You mean like it did in the 80's when Reagan fired all 11000 of them.
It slowed things down a bit but it didn't cripple air travel and this won't either. Hell, if it lasts long enough the system might finally move to a private system like Canada. That'll save enough money to build the wall.
The technology is improving to lessen the load and the human element. The damn planes can fly and land themselves. That's private capital pushing that technology. The FAA has spent several billion $ into automation tech over the last few years. Collision avoidance, Departure and arrival management, etc. If you had private capital behind those billions it would already be a done deal.
The biggest down side to private ATC is for the private aviators. It will probably cost them more to fly. When privatization came up two years ago the private aviation organizations and even skydivers put a lot of money into the lobby to keep it from happening. They are scared of losing their airspace. With a lot of help from scare mongers who were convinced planes would be crashing into houses they managed to keep the FAA in control...for now.