Washington, D.C. -Today, Ranking Member of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) and Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Aviation Rick Larsen (D-WA) reacted to a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report finding the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) work to modernize the Nation’s aviation infrastructure and air traffic control (ATC) system is on budget and that ATC privatization may jeopardize modernization efforts.
“NextGen is on track and today’s GAO report shows it is also on budget," said Larsen. “Plans to privatize the nation’s air traffic control system threaten the progress made by NextGen and threaten to derail a comprehensive, long-term FAA bill along with it."
Highlights of the GAO report include:
Source: House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
