Rhetorical Analysis Of Douglas Parker Air Traffic Control

The ATC (Air Traffic Control) systems set in place in America are of course different from that of Canada and European countries but is it better is the question? Dougal’s Parker answers this question in his testimony he gave in front of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. He also goes into how the FAA can be transformed along with the ATC systems. Douglas Parker explains how given looking into all of the other foreign ATC systems in place and he came to the conclusion “[the ATC needs] transformation not renovation” (Douglas Parker paragraph 2.) Douglas Parker’s main goal is to purpose a new working system of Air Traffic Control that is cost effective and efficient although America’s traffic control is the safest in the world any attempts renovate it have failed due to money issues and several delays mainly because of how wide range the ATC currently is thus it must be transformed into being run by the individual airports with the FAA acting as safety regulators. He uses several rhetorical devices including; authorities, examples, facts, and diction to try to open the minds of the committee members to a completely different but also more efficient Air Traffic Control systems. Douglas Parker starts off his testimony by introducing the fact that his …show more content…
In Parker’s last paragraph he talks about America transforming air traffic control using the “best technology and best practices . . . in the world.” (par. 7) in doing this parker is piggybacking on a thought process that has been in the mouths of politicians since 2011: making America the best country possible. This also contributes strongly to his argument overall because he is using what Americans are known best for, their patronage and making a very strong fact-based argument also have a sense of emotional obligation for their country to make the changes he is