Air Traffic Control

February 7^th 2016

Privatizing air traffic control is a terrible idea. The single most important task of ATC is to keep us safe. With multi millions of passengers traversing our nation on a daily basis the idea of handing over this most important function to profit hungry moguls is ridiculous.  The only goal of a private corporation is increasing financial gain for its shareholders. History has shown that corporations collapse under their own greed, as we all well know from the 2008 debacle. A private corporation will seek out efficiency gain at the expense of quality and safety. The airline industry will suffer greatly as trust in their ability to keep us safe will decline. The process and system we have built under federal government guidance has brought the safety record of American air travel to the highest standards possible. Shifting to unproven and untrustworthy corporations will negatively impact that record and the trust of all travelers. It is a terrible idea.