“I remember when Reagan did that.”
Unfortunately Reagan didn’t privatize the ATC, he simply declared the then current union, PATCO, guilty of an illegal work stoppage, and fired all their members. Now there’s a “replacement” PE Union representing the ATC. They have yet to try a work stoppage, but they do “represent” the controllers, and I just imagine they will pi$$ and moan at the prospect of working for a private entity. But it is good that Canada has already done it, because that will lend some degree of credence to the change.
BTW, maybe if we privatized it, the new leadership could find a way to implement a 21st century system as opposed to the antiquated one we have today. Using GPS for planes to go from place to place, as opposed to “airways” controlled from the ground would save bunches of money.
;)