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![]() "Everett M. Greene" wrote in message ... "Steven P. McNicoll" writes: "Matthew S. Whiting" wrote I agree that you need "perfect" competition to yield perfectly low prices, but perfect competition rarely exists in the real world as it requires consumers to have perfect knowledge of all alternate products and their prices. A regional system is far from perfect, but it would provide much more competition than exists now, but certainly far from perfect competition. It wouldn't provide any real competition. The users wouldn't have a choice in providers. And right you are. ATC has a very limited clientele and providing 365/24 service is very expensive. Until the day arrives when you can walk into Radio Shack or Circuit City to select which ATC provider you want to use, there isn't any competition in the consumer sense of the word. I would presume that any privatizing of ATC would involve the Feds awarding a contract or contracts to the "most qualified" bidder having the best price. Who (objectively) determines and quantifies the qualifications? One can easily envision contracts being awarded to the organization that has made the largest campaign contributions (bribes) to the political party in power at the time. What would be the transition process? A contractor can't just walk in on day 1 and tell all the controllers that they're on the street and are being replaced by a machine. That sinerio is why contractors are required, as the regular controllers will no co-operate with the elimination of their work. |
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