Sydney Hoeltzli writes:

If there aren't any non-computer-based flight records, what happens
if the power glitches or the computer goes on the fritz?

Hopefully, they have a bit of redundancy built into their system.
There are a lot more critical things that ATC that don't keep paper
copies any more, if you want anything to worry about tonight.

I don't know if privatization would work in the U.S., but I am another
mostly-happy Nav Canada user. The fee really is small in the greater
scheme of things, and the service is good. Our local controllers
actually sponsored a contest last year to encourage small planes to do
*more* circuits at CYOW (Ottawa), a busy class C international airport
with lots of airliner traffic (in contrast, the airport authority
would be happy to see our tailfins disappearing into the sunset, so
that they could let developers build revenue-producing hotels on the
north GA field).


All the best,


David

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