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Air Traffic Control

• Bombs or Pot?
  Ted Balaker
  July 7, 2004, 2:56pm
• Airports Can Go Private Soon
  Geoffrey Segal
  June 24, 2004, 9:08am
• FAA Needs Controllers
  Geoffrey Segal
  June 23, 2004, 6:57am
• Makiní history
  Ted Balaker
  June 21, 2004, 5:24pm
• Air Traffic Control Reform Newsletter #20
  Topics include: ATC safety regulation, Nav Canada's rate increase, increasing airspace capacity, and controller-pilot data link communications.
  Robert Poole
  June 1, 2004
• "Professional demeanor, attire and attitude gain respect"
  Ted Balaker
  May 31, 2004, 2:01pm
• Private astronaut enters space
  Ted Balaker
  May 13, 2004, 1:22pm
• ìSure kid, an astronautî
  Ted Balaker
  April 27, 2004, 3:21pm
• Pricing in the sky
  Ted Balaker
  April 4, 2004, 1:28pm
• Air Traffic Control Reform Newsletter #19
  Topics include: overhauling the ATO, modernizing oceanic ATC systems, delays resulting from aviation system limitations, and modernization budget cuts.
  Robert Poole
  April 1, 2004
• FAA's Efforts Fall Short
  Market prices for air traffic would help modernize system
  Robert Poole
  April 1, 2004
• ATC Privatization Fight...Again
  Geoffrey Segal
  February 4, 2004, 8:17pm
• Air Traffic Control Reform Newsletter #18
  Topics include: ATC modernization in peril, coping with airline changes, the good and bad in the controller contract extension, and standardizing definitions for safety measures.
  Robert Poole
  February 1, 2004
• Bringing Performance to the FAA
  Geoffrey Segal
  December 10, 2003, 12:46pm
• Air Traffic Control Reform Newsletter #17
  Topics include: union loses privatization battle, ATO's promising debut, the slot credit system, and reconsidering LAAS.
  Robert Poole
  December 1, 2003
• Bush still backs ATC outsourcing
  Ted Balaker
  November 16, 2003, 11:13am
• Italian Airline Privatization Taking Off
  Adrian Moore
  November 13, 2003, 3:02am
• The Real Battle Over Air Traffic Control
  Privatization at small towers a sticking point
  Robert Poole and Dorothy Robyn
  November 3, 2003
• Tourists in space?
  Ted Balaker
  October 27, 2003, 11:25pm
• Air Traffic Control Reform Newsletter #16
  Topics include: duplicity in the ATC privatization battle, soaring controller costs, evaluating flight changes with software, and separating ATC operations from safety regulations.
  Robert Poole
  October 1, 2003
• Air Traffic Debate About Safety and Efficiency
  Pilots work for private companies, why not controllers?
  Robert Poole
  September 27, 2003
• Air Traffic Improvements to Ensure Friendly Skies
  How to bring air traffic system into the 21st century
  Robert Poole
  August 18, 2003
• Air Traffic Control Reform Newsletter #15
  Topics include: controllers' union pushes too hard for ATC privatization ban, flight service station reform, data link decision a setback for modernization, and good news from the Canadian and UK ATC corporations.
  Robert Poole
  August 1, 2003
• Air Traffic Controllers' Union, Bush at Odds
  Battle over "inherently governmental"
  Robert Poole
  June 17, 2003
• Air Traffic Control Reform Newsletter #14
  Topics include: anti-outsourcing provisions in the FAA reauthorization bill; Sen. Lautenberg's untruths on overseas ATC corporations; and understanding the Administration's strong stance against anti-privatization amendments.
  Robert Poole
  June 1, 2003
• Air Traffic Control Reform Newsletter #13
  Topics include: House committee blocks ATC reform; a "dream" Aviation Subcommittee hearing on ATC reform; former FAA Admin. Langhorne Bond's case for arms-length ATC safety regulation; and the military and contract towers.
  Robert Poole
  May 1, 2003
• Air Traffic Control Reform Newsletter #12
  Topics include: modernization at the UK's National Air Traffic Services; FAA's continuing budget woes; facility consolidation; overflight fees overturned in court; and the need for ATC safety regulation.
  Robert Poole
  April 1, 2003
• Why an Air Traffic Control Corporation Makes Sense
  Robert Poole
  March 1, 2003
• Air Traffic Control Reform Newsletter #10
  Topics include: NATCA's new anti-privatization campaign; a response to Sen. Lautenberg's letter; innovation within FAA; and news notes on ATC corporations.
  Robert Poole
  January 1, 2003
• Air Traffic Control Reform Newsletter #11
  Issue devoted solely to a response to the escalation of the campaign against ATC reform by the National Air Traffic Controllers Association.
  Robert Poole
  January 1, 2003
• FAA, Controllers Mistaken on Privatization
  Robert Poole
  December 20, 2002
• Air Traffic Control Reform Newsletter #9
  Issue devoted solely to addressing anti-privatization claims made by controllers and the FAA.
  Robert Poole
  December 1, 2002
• Air Traffic Control Reform Newsletter #8
  Topics include: new administrator open to ATC privatization; AOPA warming to flight service outsourcing; the long-term need for more ATC capacity; and FAA's release of guidance for implementing RNP (required navigation performance).
  Robert Poole
  November 1, 2002
• Air Traffic Control Reform Newsletter #7
  Topics include: next steps in FAA Reform; the Single European Sky proposal; FAA's new "inherently governmental" policy; and ATC reform and general aviation's future.
  Robert Poole
  August 1, 2002
• Air Traffic Control Reform Newsletter #5
  Topics include: ATC modernization threatened by budget shortfalls; RVSM revisited; more FAA accounting system troubles; and corporatized ATC and rural areas.
  Robert Poole
  April 1, 2002
• Air Traffic Control Reform Newsletter #4
  Topics include: expanding airspace capacity via RVSM; NATCA's last-ditch defense of "inherently governmental;" the real story behind the NATS "bailout;" and other news.
  Robert Poole
  February 1, 2002
• Air Traffic Control Reform Newsletter #3
  Topics include: corporatized ATC providers adjusting to lower air traffic; the FAA modernization slowdown; and the wrangle over controller productivity.
  Robert Poole
  February 1, 2002
• Air Traffic Control Reform Newsletter #2
  Topics include: NavCanada copes with September 11th shut-down; ATC providers adjust to air travel slowdown; ATC corporatizations in Denmark, Hungary, and Singapore; and other breaking news.
  Robert Poole
  November 1, 2001
• Why Users Should Be in Charge of Air Traffic Control
  Tax-funded bureaucracy or user-funded/controlled corporation?
  Robert Poole
  July 1, 2001
• A Statement Concerning the Future of the U.S. Air Traffic Control System
  May 1, 2001
• How to Commercialize Air Traffic Control
  Robert Poole
  February 1, 2001
• Reinventing Air Traffic Control
  A New Blueprint for a Better System
  Viggo Butler and Robert Poole
  May 1, 1996
• How to Spin Off Air Traffic Control
  Robert Poole
  August 1, 1993
• Building a Safer and More Effective Air Traffic Control System
  Robert Poole
  February 1, 1991
• Privatizing the Air Traffic Control System
  Robert Poole
  November 1, 1986

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