They're talking about privatizing Air Traffic Control again. This is a CATO Institute wet dream that's been around since the 70s. The professionals representing their corporate sponsors and our public interests have unbiasedly evaluated the merits of privatized Air Traffic Flight Control.
"Tower this is United 7-5-Zero, requesting take off clearance, over."
"United 7-5-Zero, you are cleared for take off, upon departure you are cleared for level-3 flight control or at your option you may switch to your privatized flight-control service provider of your choice, or you may opt to fly stealth mode anonymously and provide your own air-traffic separation based on your corporate sponsorship platinum membership. Please advise on departure, your election.... Over."
"United 7-5-Zero... Roger tower, we will be departing using Raytheon Corporate platinum stealth mode; we will advise Departure Control of our option to not report our intended destination until reappearing on the grid.... Over"
"United 7-5-Zero, be advised that Raytheon Corporate platinum stealth mode has revised membership rules from legal. We do not show you as having read and approved the revised rules in master control. If you switch to stealth mode before approval of revised rules your flight is subject to intercept and termination with extreme prejudice. ... depending on the profile of passenger manifest list names and counties of origin.... Over."
"Tower, United 7-5-Zero, we are climbing through flight level 1-zero and opting for Raytheon Platinum Member Mediation Services in real time and will be using United Flight Worker's Union autonomous AFL-CIO-Teamster Robobot Automated Mediation Services Real Time Negotiator. Please direct all further communications to Robobot Automated Negotiator on 2-2-1-point -5 , our passenger manifest list of names require you file and process a freedom of information request form in the interest of Raytheon corporate's civil rights. We are now switching to stealth.".... Click.