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Greg, Yours is a perfect example of privatization inequities, it can do nothing but delete GA forever. Bob Parker Mena, AR. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Greg Bullough" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, June 14, 2002 7:23 AM Subject: Re: [COUPERS-FLYIN] Privatization of The ATC?? > ----[Please read http://ercoupers.com/disclaimer.htm before following any advice in this forum.]---- > > > At 04:52 PM 6/13/02 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Beyond that, how and how much they > >bill for services is up to them to figure out. That's > >the beauty of full privatization, competition will > >eventually end upkeeping the prices reasonable. > > Uh, nope. > > Morristown NJ airport (KMMU) is a good counter-example. > > It used to be a viable GA field run by Morris County, NJ. Built > and supported with taxpayer money at the local and Federal > level. > > It has now been 'privatized.' Leased, long term, to an 'airport > development' company. That company answers to nobody > in the community, least of all GA pilots. > > They, over the last few years, have catered to bizjets (can you > say 'Signature?'). Noise complaints have skyrocketed. Fuel prices > are very high. The GA tie-down prices have gotten to where very > few can afford them. Of course that is what they wanted, because > when the 172s and such left the tie-downs, they stuck another set > of bizjet hangars on them. > > Never mind that there are literally acres and acres of airport property > which could have been used. That would have required more approvals, > to pave more ground. It was easier to boot the little guys off their > tie-downs. > > Of course the supply of tie-downs was now lower, so it was necessary > to raise the rent. Supply and demand, you know. Nothing like paying > $150/mo for a tie-down! > > Now, there is a light-aircraft hangar shortage in this area. But no > consideration > was given to tee or shelter-hangars in this area which was presently > occupied by light aircraft. > > An AP/AI wanted to build a shop on the field. There is a shortage in the > area of service facilities for light aircraft. Most light aircraft at MMU are > serviced off-field, some as far away as Pennsylvania. He was flatly refused. > > Privatization? Feh! > > It amounts to nothing more than GIVING facilities built by taxpayers to > private companies to exploit for THEIR profit, while removing taxpayers' > control of their own property. Frankly, I remain opposed to corporate welfare. > > Greg > > ================================================================== > TO UNSUBSCRIBE go to: http://ercoupers.com/lists.htm > > > > ================================================================== TO UNSUBSCRIBE go to: http://ercoupers.com/lists.htm
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