For the first time in decades, the White House, Congress and the entire aviation industry are united on a detailed and aggressive plan to build a brand-new air traffic control system. In fact, Congress has already approved more than a third of the money necessary to complete the project.

Unfortunately, misguided proponents of privatizing air traffic control have predictably gone into overdrive in trying to distract from this effort to promote their privatization agenda in the U.S. The fact is, privatized air traffic control systems are not a panacea — they are a problem.

The privatized air traffic control models in Canada, the EU and elsewhere are beset with a host of well-documented flaws, including delays and disruptions caused by funding and management instability, staffing shortages,

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