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It is clear that an air traffic control system designed in the 1940s is not equipped to handle the demands of 21st-century air travel. (iStock by Getty Images)
Op-Eds

Air traffic control privatization is just an airline power grab

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According to statistics compiled by the industry, major freight rail operators such as BNSF, CSX, Norfolk Southern, and Union Pacific have spent $26 billion annually in recent years. This investment, which allows the industry to serve nearly every sector of the economy, which in turn supports 1.5 million jobs nationally and generates nearly $100 billion in taxes for public projects, including infrastructure. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
Beltway Confidential

Freight rail shows that private infrastructure is more than viable

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Law enforcement authorities have charged two men in relation to an incident in which an air traffic controller at Charlotte Douglas International Airport in North Carolina allegedly had possession of weapons of mass destruction. (AP Photo/The Charlotte Observer, Todd Sumlin, File)
Crime

Charlotte air traffic controller charged with possession of a weapon of mass destruction

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Currently, many small airports have towers that are served by contract towers, which are operated by private companies and approved by the FAA. (Sipa via AP Images)
Magazine

Rural air traffic control fight brews among Republicans

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Here's why that accusation simply doesn't make sense. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Why calling Niger ‘Trump’s Benghazi’ doesn’t make sense

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Drones are already being used to study whales in the oceans, to monitor hard-to-access ecosystems, to affordably plant trees in depleted forests, and for an array of military purposes. (Sanjit Das/Bloomberg)
Beltway Confidential

Trump just unleashed the commercial drone industry

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The FAA has not said if it plans to extend the proposed ban to domestic flights as well. (AP Photo/FAA, File)
News

FAA pushes for ban on laptops in checked bags over fire, explosion risk

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Rep. Bill Shuster vowed Tuesday that he would amend his bill to privatize federal air traffic control in response to criticism, saying he would clarify that the new private entity that would run air traffic control would not be taxpayer-funded and that its activities would still be regulated by the Federal Aviation Administration. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
Economy

Bill Shuster vows to amend FAA privatization bill

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Juana Matos residents walk through a flooded area caused by the passage of Hurricane Maria, in Catano, Puerto Rico, Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2017. (AP Photo/Carlos Giusti)
News

House re-passes FAA bill after Senate strips out flood insurance reform

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News

Democrats block FAA extension and hurricane tax relief

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