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 seeks to transfer U.S. air traffic control from FAA jurisdiction to an airline-dominated board within the Department of Transportation.
- General aviation leaders (AOPA, GAMA, NBAA) are urgently opposing this move, branding it as "ATC privatization masquerading as a Trojan Horse" due to concerns about airline dominance, safety, accountability, and lack of transparency.
- The amendment is feared to create unnecessary bureaucracy, disrupt NextGen modernization, and sever air traffic management from the FAA's safety oversight expertise.
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