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Clinton administration introduced legislation in 1993 to create a quasi-governmental entity called the U.S. Air Traffic Services Corporation.
It would derive its income from fees paid by
airlines and other commercial users rather than relying on Congress for funding.
Similar to the US Postal service after Nixon signed postal reorganization act.
NATCA hoped that removing the Airport and Airway Trust Fund from the general budget would ease the FAA’s financial constraints. That in turn, could help expedite long-awaited modernization projects.
NATCA also liked USATS provisions allowing for a personnel and pay system that was not locked to the GS scale. (Pre ATC payscale)
The 1995 legislation to create USATS was dead on arrival in Congress primarily because of the pushback from private pilots and corporate jet owners, who pay almost nothing to use the air traffic control system
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How was this, which NATCA seemed to support, different than the "privatization" legislation pushed by Rinaldi, which most of the members didn't seem to support?
It would derive its income from fees paid by
airlines and other commercial users rather than relying on Congress for funding.
Similar to the US Postal service after Nixon signed postal reorganization act.
NATCA hoped that removing the Airport and Airway Trust Fund from the general budget would ease the FAA’s financial constraints. That in turn, could help expedite long-awaited modernization projects.
NATCA also liked USATS provisions allowing for a personnel and pay system that was not locked to the GS scale. (Pre ATC payscale)
The 1995 legislation to create USATS was dead on arrival in Congress primarily because of the pushback from private pilots and corporate jet owners, who pay almost nothing to use the air traffic control system
....
How was this, which NATCA seemed to support, different than the "privatization" legislation pushed by Rinaldi, which most of the members didn't seem to support?
