What could possibly go wrong:

Republicans set to unveil plans to privatize air traffic control: http://t.co/h1dS0F36Ei pic.twitter.com/tVUUBrScn0

— The Hill (@thehill) July 1, 2015

The reasons the FAA can’t get its new ATC system in place is because GOP budget cuts have meant the FAA doesn’t have the resources to put the new systems in place - and to overcome problems in engineering a new system while keeping the other in place until NexGen is in place.

These nitwits think that privatizing the FAA’s ATC system will somehow free up funds or make things more cost effective? HA! It’s just a lame attempt to take the item off the budget ledger and shift costs elsewhere - likely through higher fees imposed by localities or the new entity itself that isn’t going to be included in the budget process.

And in no way does this get NexGen done any faster.