“FWIW, I spoke w/ one of my Gen-Av buds this past week who was for it since he knows of some privatized towers, and he hears any issues of hardware, software,and systems such as ILS, if they have a failure it is fixed right away vs months of waiting for procurement paperwork to get done.”
There is inaccurate information in this statement. Yes, at some airports the towers are private, but the navigation facilities are not private. They are part of the overall air navigation system. The navigation system is a separate entity from air traffic control.
The FAA maintains a huge depot at the Mike Monroney Aeronautical Center in Oklahoma City to replace navaids and their components. The statement that it takes a long time to fix a federal navaid is incorrect. The exception is Non-Directonal Beacons which are obsolete and are not being maintained.
Thanks for the clarification, can you tell I am rusty and need some dual :-).....