Us and Them

On Sun, 01 Apr 2007 15:50:07 -0400, Bob Noel
wrote in
:

In article ,
Larry Dighera wrote:

Clinton established the fact that ATC was an inherently governmental
function, thus blocking privatization efforts and their requisite user
fees.

when?


It would seem, that it was about December 7, 2000:


http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-...11de00-135.pdf

Federal Register
Vol. 65, No. 238
Monday, December 11, 2000
Title 3—
The President
Executive Order 13180 of December 7, 2000
Air Traffic Performance-Based Organization
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and
the laws of the United States of America, and in order to further
improve the provision of air traffic services, an inherently
governmental function, in ways that increase efficiency, take
better advantage of new technologies, accelerate modernization
efforts, and respond more effectively to the needs of the
traveling public, while enhancing the safety, security, and
efficiency of the Nation’s air transportation system, it is hereby
ordered as follows: [...]


iirc, it was the Clinton administration that was pushing user fees circa 1996

Be that as it may, they weren't pushing for ATC Privatization.