Control Tower Controversy brewing in the FAA

BTIZ wrote:

cheaper I might agree with... but safer??

so the pilots (or surviving families) sue the "private ATC company" for the
screw up.. and not the gov't..

If that happens, the next contract will cost the Feds lots more money, so it
won't be cheaper anymore.

George Patterson
They say nothing's certain except death and taxes. The thing is, death
doesn't get worse every time Congress goes into session.

Unless they write legislation absolving the private companies from
liability.

Before you say they can't do that, look at the new energy bill and what it
is doing to the lawsuits dealing with MTBE in groundwater.


"G.R. Patterson III" wrote in message
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BTIZ wrote:

cheaper I might agree with... but safer??

so the pilots (or surviving families) sue the "private ATC company" for
the
screw up.. and not the gov't..

If that happens, the next contract will cost the Feds lots more money, so
it
won't be cheaper anymore.

George Patterson
They say nothing's certain except death and taxes. The thing is,
death
doesn't get worse every time Congress goes into session.

Peter Gottlieb wrote:

Unless they write legislation absolving the private companies from
liability.

Oh, I'm sure they can. They did that with the USPS when that got privatized.

George Patterson
They say nothing's certain except death and taxes. The thing is, death
doesn't get worse every time Congress goes into session.

"G.R. Patterson III" wrote in message
...


Peter Gottlieb wrote:

Unless they write legislation absolving the private companies from
liability.

Oh, I'm sure they can. They did that with the USPS when that got
privatized.

The postal service is a Constitutional entity and therefore you are
comparing apples and oranges. The system was at saturation a couple of
years ago and will probably be again in a couple more. GA is going to get
frozen out under the current ATC system.

"G.R. Patterson III" wrote in message
...


Peter Gottlieb wrote:

Unless they write legislation absolving the private companies from
liability.

Oh, I'm sure they can. They did that with the USPS when that got
privatized.

That's the problem if ATC "privatization" is done like USPS, or the phone
companies, power utilities....

"Peter Gottlieb" wrote in message
et...
Unless they write legislation absolving the private companies from
liability.

Before you say they can't do that, look at the new energy bill and what it
is doing to the lawsuits dealing with MTBE in groundwater.

California developed and mandated MTBE.

"G.R. Patterson III" wrote in message
...


BTIZ wrote:

cheaper I might agree with... but safer??

so the pilots (or surviving families) sue the "private ATC company"
for
the
screw up.. and not the gov't..

If that happens, the next contract will cost the Feds lots more money,
so
it
won't be cheaper anymore.

George Patterson
They say nothing's certain except death and taxes. The thing is,
death
doesn't get worse every time Congress goes into session.

"G.R. Patterson III" wrote in message
...


BTIZ wrote:

cheaper I might agree with... but safer??

so the pilots (or surviving families) sue the "private ATC company" for
the
screw up.. and not the gov't..

If that happens, the next contract will cost the Feds lots more money, so
it
won't be cheaper anymore.

Has costs to government ever keep them back?