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Air Traffic Control Reform Newsletter #67

Radar, the FAA and airlines, user fees

October 23, 2009

Robert Poole

Air Traffic Control Reform Newsletter #66

Air traffic controller fatigue, business jets and NextGen

September 18, 2009

Robert Poole

Air Traffic Union Panics, Demonstrates How Badly Reform Is Needed

August 28, 2009, 11:55am

Robert Poole

The 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, 4:02pm

Robert Poole

When 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.

Annual Privatization Report 2009

Reason Foundation's 23rd annual report on privatization and outsourcing

August 6, 2009

Leonard Gilroy

With 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.

Air Traffic Control Reform Newsletter #65

O'Hare delays, controller fatigue and micro-managing NextGen

August 6, 2009

Robert Poole

At times like these, I want to tell these well-meaning lawmakers, “Don’t just do something; stand there.”

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