On 2006-09-05, Jay Honeck wrote:
If the FAA can't even dictate a ban on flip flops in the workplace
without generating a union uproar (and open insubordination), the FAA
is irretrievably broken and *should* be privatized. What a shame it's
come to this.

How would privatizing ATC solve the union problems? The new private ATC
would still have to deal with NATCA, who undoubtedly would still want
their members to be able to wear flip flops.

Privatizing ATC in Britain has not made the unions go away. All it's
done is made ATC cost the air traveller more (both airline users and GA
pilots). A privatized monopoly is seldom any better than a government
run monopoly.

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