Outgoing House Transportation Committee Chairman Bill Shuster has inserted an eleventh-hour amendment into the FAA Reauthorization bill now before Congress that would place the U.S. air traffic control system under the jurisdiction of an airline-dominated board of directors within the Department of Transportation rather than the FAA.
GA Leaders Urgently Warn ATC Privatization Imminent
Key Takeaways:
- An eleventh-hour amendment to the FAA Reauthorization bill proposes to transfer the U.S. air traffic control (ATC) system's jurisdiction from the FAA to an airline-dominated board operating under the Department of Transportation.
- General aviation leaders (AOPA, GAMA, NBAA) are urgently warning that this amendment is effectively ATC privatization disguised as a "Trojan Horse."
- Key concerns raised include potential safety and accountability issues, the proposed advisory council's dominance by airline interests, its lack of public transparency, and the risk of disrupting NextGen modernization.
- General aviation organizations are actively urging pilots and the broader GA community to contact their members of Congress immediately to oppose the swift passage of this bill.
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