IBD...
You need to speak with the EAA ( Experimental Aircraft Association ) and AOPA ( Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association ) on this. BobL is right.
The US, ( and maybe Canada, Australia and NZ ) are bastions of freedom to Fly.
I know of at least three pilots that left England ( and or Scotland / Ireland ) to become American Citizens and Fly.
It is like firearms ownership, once we loose it here it is gone, and we ain't getting it back.
It is a pain-in-the-arse to fly in Europe, we don't want to become them.
It is a big story Gen Av is a feeder for Airline Pilots, especially when they are in demand ( big need coming up soon, do your homework on Boeing estimates O is a big story.
Get on it...
“Robert Poole...said the Shuster bill would bring those benefits here...Now the only people who need convincing are Democrats who’ve resisted corporatizing the ATC in the past “
Thanks, this Robert Poole clown needs to be sent to the funny farm. If he had his way, China would now OWN all of our Interstate Highways (sorry, lease them for 99 years) and would be allowed to TOLL US at whatever level maximized their income (hint, that would be on the order of 30 to 80 cents per mile, for passenger cars).
This is one of the very rare cases where the DEMOCRATS ARE RIGHT - ATC works JUST FINE, as their record shows. I don’t care how many new computers and virtual displays they put in the control towers, air traffic is limited by spacing requirements and when the weather is crappy, no computer system in the world will be able to land planes at JFK faster than ATC already does.