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Ohio Airport Official Urges Caution In Privatizing Air Traffic Control

akroncantonairport.com

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.

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.