re: Trump on FOX - we're doing away with federal air traffic control

Are you a SERCO guy?

There are no large contract facilities for ATC. This won't change with privatization. The Level 8's and above will be part of the corporation, all the lower levels will be contractor ATC.

The TRACON I work at is the largest in the country and will have more than 50% eligible for retirement when we fold over. I suspect there will be mass retirements. I'll be eligible, and if RIF or early retirement is on the table, I'll absolutely take it, and then come back as a contractor.

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Air travelers could be on the hook to cover 20 to 29 percent higher costs if the U.S. moves to a private air traffic control (ATC) organization funded through “user fees,” according to a new study released today by Delta Air Lines.

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If you want to fly you should pay for ATC why should "we" pay for it with tax payers dollars?

Former RVA and got tired of waiting for the FAA ( applied then they had the hiring freeze.) when I finally got a TOL letter I was living abroad. I was using FCT as an example I am not sure how they will implement full privatization. My guess will be like Nav Canada or DFS.

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If you want to fly you should pay for ATC why should "we" pay for it with tax payers dollars?

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That's a poor argument. I mean do we charge people who have been robbed for police services , or do we pay for those services via taxes?

We should turn over all air traffic control to the Air Force. Makes the most sense in terms of security and increasing government presence in our lives. Nothing wrong with our brave heroes in the Air Force managing air traffic control at all levels.

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We should turn over all air traffic control to the Air Force. Makes the most sense in terms of security and increasing government presence in our lives. Nothing wrong with our brave heroes in the Air Force managing air traffic control at all levels.

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The AF should be abolished in it's entirety.

It doesn't serve a single function that couldn't be handled by another agency of the government.

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The TRACON I work at

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A80?

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I am not sure how they will implement full privatization. My guess will be like Nav Canada or DFS.

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Here's a link to Shusters bill from last year. It should look very similar to this.

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we're doing away with federal air traffic control

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Beware the unions.

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we are changing the functionality of radar. Lol

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Not really. Radars haven't changed much in the last 20 years or so for the FAA. There's a reason, they are pretty rock solid technology at this point.

The one inherent problem with them is scan time. A terminal radar has a 5 second scan and a long rand en-route radar has a 12 second scan rate. That means that after the acft is "pinged" it won't be seen in live time for another 5-12 seconds. This means that software has to guess where the acft is in relation to its last acquired bearing. This is why there are spacing requirements.

NexGen ADS-B or GPS has a 1 second scan rate and will allow for better spacing requirements and more direct routes. When you hear them say GPS, it isn't like the GPS in your car. It's still a ground based transmitter that receives bearing, alt, and speed information from properly equipped acft, and uses GPS satellite data to decide where the acft actually is in the airspace.

It's a difficult implementation in such a vast and crowded Airspace. That and funding issues are why it's moving slowly.

We have everything in place here in SOCAL and are slowly transitioning into new routes and fixes. I say slowly because this Airspace is congested and implementation has safety at the forefront.