The White House is resurrecting a controversial push to shift air traffic control services from the Federal Aviation Administration to a nonprofit organization, prompting trade groups who recently praised the House for removing a similar proposal from their FAA reauthorization bill to rev their opposition back up.
The White House’s air traffic control proposal, released in June and included in a document that calls for revamping various government functions, argues that shifting air traffic control authority to a nonprofit organization will “better enable our aviation system to respond to consumer needs and modernize services.”
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