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The reason the US will not hire expats is because THEY CAN NOT.
You have ot be a US citizen to work for the FAA.
If the whole system was private, then you are no longer working for the government. I know because I have tried to get in to the US. It's impossible.
It has nothing to do with investment and the rest of the blah blah.
"The myth that a privatised ATC provider will invest where government can't or won't is oft quoted by those in favour of this ludicrous idea. "
It's not a myth, Canada is a perfect example. Talk to anyone who works in Canada, as much as the company might be hard to deal with, they did spend alot of money on the system.
New towers, new radar sites, new ops room Montreal ACC, new displays accross the country, new information display system, the list goes on...