All ATC facilities were moved to remote locations [as much
as possible] including airport towers. All ATC personnel
have military security clearance. In the event of attack,
ATC is expected to provide service to the military. If it
wasn't for the airline and GA user, the services ATC
provides the military would still be needed and the budget
would come solely from the military budget.

As far as controlled airspace, I still have my old charts
that show a few 10 mile wide airways isolated in most
western states. Today, the same places are all controlled
above 1200 feet. But traffic did not increase, it was just
the FAA budget.

Why do you think the FAA was designed to do what it does?



"Bob Noel" wrote in
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| In article ,
| "Jim Macklin"
wrote:
|
| The FAA and ATC exist to serve the military. The
airlines
| are a justification on the budget. GA is forced to use
ATC
| because in the past 50-60 years the FAA expanded the
scope
| of controlled airspace to be everywhere. 25 years ago
there
| were large areas that were uncontrolled below 14.500
feet.
|
| where do you come up with this?
|
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| Bob Noel
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