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"Chip Jones" wrote in message news:bir5b.26821 What advantage does having an FAA-run tower bring to Alaska constituents other than air safety on the airport? It's not like these two Alaska towers employ hundreds of Alaskans. I don't know about Merrill, but Juneau only employs about 12 federal controllers I am told. Not exactly a major job source even in Alaska. I can't say if safety is or is not the issue. But is clear that Senator Young thought that it would play better in his home state if he kept them on the federal dole. Maybe one of the controllers is kin to a major contributor, who knows, it certainly smacks of politicking rather than the public interest. Actually, isn't that *exactly* what happens at a contract ATC facility? No, no more than contracting out DUAT is, nor anything else ATC contracts out. Despite all the hoohah, AOPA's concern is not whether the PBO can do a good job or if there is a safety concern, what they are concerned about is that privatization makes it easier to bring up the ugly user fee issue to fund it. |
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