Overland Park, Kansas – On Monday, September 26, 2005 a Russian built Antonov 124 (AN 124), arrived at Kansas City International Airport to pick up a mobile air traffic control tower for transport to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. Midwest ATC, the first private sector contractor to provide air traffic control and airfield […]
So What’s the Deal with Air Traffic Control Reform? THE FIRST PART of President Trump’s $1 trillion infrastructure plan took flight Monday when the president called for the privatization of the country’s air traffic control system. “We’re still stuck with an ancient, broken, antiquated, horrible system that doesn’t work,” Trump said of the current air traffic […]
The House bill containing provisions that could remove air traffic control from the FAA’s auspices and hand it over to an airline-controlled private monopoly may have lost some momentum in Congress recently, with an expected House vote delayed for now. But as opposition to the bill builds, it does so in the face of relentless efforts […]
