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Air Traffic Control Reform Newsletter #67
Radar, the FAA and airlines, user fees
October 23, 2009Air Traffic Control Reform Newsletter #66
Air traffic controller fatigue, business jets and NextGen
September 18, 2009Air Traffic Union Panics, Demonstrates How Badly Reform Is Needed
August 28, 2009, 11:55amThe reaction of the air traffic controllers' union - NATCA - to the tragic collision over the Hudson River on August 8th can best be described as panic.
Hudson River Air Collision Highlights Safety Failures
August 11, 2009, 4:02pmWhen a crash occurs, members of Congress from the area are quick to point fingers and call for tougher regulations. But few people realize how much Congress and aviation interest groups can be obstacles to improved air safety.
Air Traffic Control Reform Newsletter #65
O'Hare delays, controller fatigue and micro-managing NextGen
August 6, 2009At times like these, I want to tell these well-meaning lawmakers, “Don’t just do something; stand there.”
Annual Privatization Report 2009
Reason Foundation's 23rd annual report on privatization and outsourcing
August 6, 2009With governments at all levels facing severe budget deficits and prolonged fiscal crises amid the national economic recession, privatization and public-private partnerships have become increasingly prominent in fiscal policy debates, according to Reason Foundation's Annual Privatization Report 2009.
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- Air Traffic Union Panics, Demonstrates How Badly Reform Is Needed
Robert Poole
August 28, 2009, 11:55am - Hudson River Air Collision Highlights Safety Failures
Robert Poole
August 11, 2009, 4:02pm - FAA Reauthorization and the Future of Air Traffic Control
Robert Poole
July 24, 2009, 3:15pm - Air France Tragedy Prompts Question: Are Airliner Black Boxes Now Obsolete?
Robert Poole
June 23, 2009, 12:06pm - Airport Congestion Costs New York Billions
Robert Poole
June 18, 2009, 2:01pm - FAA Promotes Future Air Traffic Control System on YouTube
Robert Poole
April 23, 2009, 5:02pm - Maybe Business Jet Groups Don't Want to Pay Their Fair Share Or Fix Their Image
Robert Poole
April 15, 2009, 11:48am - FAA Nominee Talks About Air Traffic Challenges Ahead
Shirley Ybarra
March 31, 2009, 8:16pm - Gingrich Is Off Base on Fixing the Air Traffic Control System
Robert Poole
March 16, 2009, 10:01pm - President Obama Should Stick to Guns on User Fees for Business Jets
Robert Poole
March 16, 2009, 9:58pm - Paying for a Modernized Air Traffic System
Robert Poole
February 6, 2009, 12:00pm - Midway Airport Lease Could Inspire Austin, Milwaukee and New Orleans
Robert Poole
November 11, 2008, 12:32pm - Is There A Problem With FAA's Safety Culture?
Robert Poole
October 8, 2008, 7:54am - Not Even Close: Chicago City Council Unanimously Approves $2.5 Midway Airport Lease
Leonard Gilroy
October 7, 2008, 11:54am - Chicago City Council Committee Approves Midway Deal
Leonard Gilroy
October 6, 2008, 12:36pm - Implementing Next Generation Air Traffic Control System
Robert Poole
October 6, 2008, 8:53am - So Far, So Good on Midway Airport Lease
Leonard Gilroy
October 4, 2008, 11:20pm - Midway Airport Lease Deal
Robert Poole
September 29, 2008, 2:51pm - Mayor Daley Announces Winning $2.5B Bid for 99-Year Midway Airport Lease
Leonard Gilroy
September 29, 2008, 2:13pm - Want the Latest on Airport Privatization and Air Traffic Control Reform?
Leonard Gilroy
August 27, 2008, 5:33pm - Air Traffic Computer Woes and Long Travel Delays
Robert Poole
August 26, 2008, 11:41am - Air Traffic Controllers - Too Many or Too Few?
Robert Poole
August 21, 2008, 8:22am - Sen. Schumer Wants to Protect Airlines From Competition
Robert Poole
August 17, 2008, 1:32pm - Air Transport Association Sues Over Newark Auction
Robert Poole
August 10, 2008, 12:59pm - Newark Runway Slot Auction a Step in the Right Direction
Robert Poole
August 6, 2008, 9:11am - Leasing Chicago's Midway Airport
Robert Poole
May 8, 2008, 9:55am - Planes Barely Avoid Mid-Air Collision
Robert Poole
March 6, 2008, 7:53am - New Reason Study: How to Reduce Air Travel Delays
Chris Mitchell
March 5, 2008, 12:59pm - WSJ: Gridlock in the Air
Geoffrey Segal
July 20, 2007, 7:16am - Time to Rethink Airport Security
Ted Balaker
August 9, 2006, 10:39am - The Smoky Skies
Ted Balaker
July 11, 2006, 10:27am - Private Space Flight Keeps on Moving and Shaking
Ted Balaker
May 31, 2006, 1:49pm - Private Space Travel Possible if only Government Would Get Out of the Way
Adam Summers
May 8, 2006, 9:08pm - "It's like an upside-down bungee jump"
Ted Balaker
March 18, 2006, 7:58pm - Airport Privatization Proceeds in India
Leonard Gilroy
February 6, 2006, 5:24am - Space X Launch Today @ 11am PST
Ted Balaker
December 18, 2005, 9:46am - Let airports take over
Ted Balaker
October 18, 2005, 5:25pm - Space tourist returns to earth
Ted Balaker
October 10, 2005, 5:45pm - View all aircraft over major airports--live!
Adrian Moore
October 3, 2005, 12:15pm - Sure weíve been screwing up for decades, but how about another $104 billion?
Ted Balaker
October 3, 2005, 10:42am - 14 Lives and $250 Billion Later
Ted Balaker
September 27, 2005, 12:31pm - Space tourism spreads to Japan
Ted Balaker
August 18, 2005, 9:52am - Space tourists already getting more choices
Ted Balaker
August 9, 2005, 2:37pm - Discovery lands safely. What now?
Ted Balaker
August 9, 2005, 10:19am - Entrepreneurs or Bureaucracies?
Ted Balaker
August 4, 2005, 10:07am - The Spaceship Company
Ted Balaker
July 26, 2005, 5:42pm - Planet Regulation
Ted Balaker
June 21, 2005, 4:33pm - Make way for private space flight
Ted Balaker
May 23, 2005, 9:17am - Tougher to break through: the earthís atmosphere or fed bureaucracy?
Ted Balaker
May 19, 2005, 1:20pm - "If you don't have a consensus that it's nonsense, you don't have a breakthrough."
Ted Balaker
April 26, 2005, 1:22pm - Rutan: FAA ìjust about ruined my program"
Ted Balaker
April 20, 2005, 12:19pm - TSA Doesn't Work...Are You Surprised?
Geoffrey Segal
April 19, 2005, 5:44am - TSA Shakeup in the Works
Leonard Gilroy
April 7, 2005, 7:49am - California Conquered Space?
Ted Balaker
April 4, 2005, 9:36am - Low fares, high quality
Ted Balaker
April 3, 2005, 1:11pm - The Father of Private Space Flight
Ted Balaker
March 30, 2005, 9:35am - Space entrepreneur could get 80 years
Ted Balaker
March 1, 2005, 4:50pm - Free the skies
Ted Balaker
January 27, 2005, 10:45am - FAA Poised to Announce Competition Results
Geoffrey Segal
January 4, 2005, 5:39am - What are you doing with your life?
Ted Balaker
January 3, 2005, 9:52am - SpaceShipOneís not the only one
Ted Balaker
December 21, 2004, 4:19pm - Reforming the skies
Ted Balaker
December 16, 2004, 10:25am - Black Sky: The Race for Space
Ted Balaker
December 1, 2004, 9:54am - More on private airport security
Ted Balaker
November 17, 2004, 8:28am - The cost of fat fliers
Ted Balaker
November 11, 2004, 7:34am - Mr. President, Sen. Kerry, do you have a moment for space policy?
Ted Balaker
October 28, 2004, 10:38am - Burt Rutanís vision
Ted Balaker
October 25, 2004, 11:32am - Privatize the space station?
Ted Balaker
October 17, 2004, 5:32pm - More X Prizes
Ted Balaker
October 5, 2004, 3:36pm - X Prize (probably) claimed
Ted Balaker
October 3, 2004, 9:53am - Communications breakdown
Ted Balaker
September 15, 2004, 10:01am - Three years later, are we safer?
Ted Balaker
September 12, 2004, 12:00pm - ìWithin the next two to three years there will be tickets available for sub-orbital flightsî
Ted Balaker
August 24, 2004, 10:00am - 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 - "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 - ATC Privatization Fight...Again
Geoffrey Segal
February 4, 2004, 8:17pm - Bringing Performance to the FAA
Geoffrey Segal
December 10, 2003, 12:46pm - Bush still backs ATC outsourcing
Ted Balaker
November 16, 2003, 11:13am - Italian Airline Privatization Taking Off
Adrian Moore
November 13, 2003, 3:02am - Tourists in space?
Ted Balaker
October 27, 2003, 11:25pm
Featured Research
- The Urgent Need to Reform the FAA's Air Traffic Control System
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