Doug Chayka Essay

This editorial argues that it is not appropriate to introduce privatizing air traffic control for the U.S. Some republicans include Bill Shuster of Pennsylvania and Frank LoBiondo of New Jersey suggested introducing privatizing air traffic control. The bill will move the Federal Aviation Administration’s air traffic control department and is awaiting its approval. However, the author, Doug Chayka, oppose to this bill because it would nothing to improve the present air-traffic system and even, it could make the current traffic system worse. He presented several reasons for an argument. First, a privately operated system is not proved as an effective way for the U.S. air traffic status, which is the busiest and safest in the world. Second, Canada and Britain, which already have adopted the system, have smaller air system than U.S. Moreover, those countries’ air traffic costs have increased since they privatized. It is inevitable to raise tax and flight fare. Finally, he claimed that the bill can impedes efficiency of F.A.A. to increase flight capacity and reduce delays. Therefore, he contends that the …show more content…
What he wants to say in the article is that do not privatize air traffic control. This claim provokes controversial from those who are not in favor of the new air traffic control system, therefore it is included in value claim. In order to support his claim, he primary used logos. There are two logics in the article. One is that the new system is inappropriate to U.S. air traffic conditions. He introduced two nations’ air traffic system which has the smaller system than U.S. Also, their traffic control costs have increased after privatized. This fact implies that the cost would increase if the U.S. introduce new bill. The other is that the proposed bill is not beneficial to the public. He quoted that the government has spent an estimated $53.5 billion on the system with the money coming from passenger and tax