Originally Posted by
evansb
Ranting? I though I was presenting a cogent argument. Regardless, should Canada and Australia go back to a federal government run system ? Should Air Canada revert to a Crown Corporation? These are not rhetorical questions nor sarcasm. They are mere questions.
First, moving to/from privatized to/from gov't run or vice versa is non-trivial. Second, go back to the 1950's and you cannot compare air traffic in the US with Australia or Canada. Two high profile mid-airs between UA/TWA and UA/USAF along with several others within a few years drove the decision to impose standards and equipment nationwide. That was at the time viewed as a gov't responsibility. Still is. Hard to change the political reality.