Re: Control Tower Controversy brewing in the FAA

Matthew S. Whiting wrote:

> And the profit motive.  The latter can exist without competition.  The
> edge is certainly much sharper with competition as now it is that much
> harder to make a profit, but making an even larger profit is still
> pretty strong motivation.

I question this reasoning only because regulated markets haven't been shown 
as all that efficient, and it's tough to imagine that private ATC would be 
unregulated.

In theory, the "right" regulation would promote efficiency.  But what's 
"right" might not even be known.  More, were it known, it still might be 
politically "expensive", and therefore forgotten.

However, we should all be aware that there is one bit of "low hanging fruit" 
for a private ATC venture from an efficiency perspective: kill smaller GA.  
If the "benefit" factor in the efficiency ratio is anything like 
"people-miles moved", getting smaller GA out of the ATC system would 
improve the benefit/cost ratio.

        - Andrew