Checkmate

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Privatization of the ATC is needed in the same way that ARINC was needed and formed by those primarily utilizing the resources. The DHS proposal fee should be allocated on an "all departure" basis from controlled airfields in the same way that controlled airspace should be "billed by the mile", due to requirements for flight following and airspace allocation, existing regardless of the ASM count.

It's not that simple. Arrivals and departures require more work than does en-route, similar to an airline's CASM that drops with increasing stage length.

Heavy planes require more separation, so there is an element of ASM in there. Turboprops don't fly at high altitudes, so should they not get a discount on the en-route service, given that high altitudes are more crowded than 18,000 feet?

Besides, allocating ATC costs in such a fine manner isn't going to change the airline's choices of aircraft type, so what is the point? It's a government agency, so just keep the fee simple and make improvements where you can.

The principle remains the same: the DHS is tasked with the prevention of Domestic Terrorism by whatever means the terrorist chooses.

The Lear or the Boeing consitute an assault and must be guarded against. By leavying the same fee on a departure basis, we insure that only those flights meeting an internal economic metric of the firm requesting them actually occur.

There were about 30 times as many people killed on the ground on 9/11 than on the planes, and the market value of the real estate destroyed was much more than the value of the four airplanes. The economic costs are immeasurable. It seems to me that dumping all the costs of the TSA on airline passengers is most inappropriate.

We further reduce the congestion by charging an ASM cost for ATC handling, en route, increasing the performance of the same function. Fewer flights with higher density leads to less airspace congestion, greater control, and focus on measures consistent with increased security.

See above comment on ATC

TBL, we use capitalism to self ration the airspace based on the cost considerations inherent in the safe movement of any aircraft between points A & B; reducing the elements needed for securing said proportioning in exponential measure yielding a greater savings to the US Taxpayer.

The LCCs' gain a benny, the Legacies are forced to tighten operations and reconsider the HUB mentality.

C'est la vie.

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ATC is not capitalism, and can never be, even if it's privatized. A privately run ATC is a utility like electricity or tap water. Competition requires multiple suppliers, and that cannot be done with ATC.