In a previous article, David H said:
it's run by the government. The downsides of privatizing seem crystal
clear though. Yet Bush is intent on ramming it down the nation's throat.
WHY?

Because as long as it stays part of government, it's funded through the
aviation trust fund. Once it gets privatized, the trust fund monies will
get siphoned off into other federal programs (or tax refunds for the
extremely rich) and user fees imposed to finance ATC.


--
Paul Tomblin , not speaking for anybody
``Furthermore, [your wishlist item] would end up being the sort of system
feature that we in software engineering call an "SPR generator".''
- Paul S. Winalski