Ohio Airport Official Urges Caution In Privatizing Air Traffic Control

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President Trump wants to privatize the nation's air traffic control system to save money, and cut travel delays.

But Akron-Canton Regional Airport president Rick McQueen says doing so will be complicated.

McQueen says one concern over the proposal is the creation of a fee-based system.

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McQueen notes the idea of privatizing air-traffic control has been raised periodically since the 1990s.

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Jim has been with WCBE since 1996. Before that he worked as a reporter at another Columbus radio station, and for three newspapers in Southwest Florida.