Last week, the US FAA renewed its contract with SERCO, a British firm, for air traffic control services at 54 airports from California to Alaska.
The FAA also selected Airservices Australia for ATC at 4 airports in Hawaii and 2 in the US Pacific territories.
Is this "outsourcing" of ATC the future of the industry - a few large companies providing the world's ATC? Is it shrewd resource management or "selling ATC to the lowest bidder?"
Oh, and who is next?
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