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Old November 17th 03, 02:49 AM
Peter Gottlieb
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Unless they write legislation absolving the private companies from
liability.

Before you say they can't do that, look at the new energy bill and what it
is doing to the lawsuits dealing with MTBE in groundwater.


"G.R. Patterson III" wrote in message
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BTIZ wrote:

cheaper I might agree with... but safer??

so the pilots (or surviving families) sue the "private ATC company" for

the
screw up.. and not the gov't..


If that happens, the next contract will cost the Feds lots more money, so

it
won't be cheaper anymore.

George Patterson
They say nothing's certain except death and taxes. The thing is,

death
doesn't get worse every time Congress goes into session.