WSJ travel columnist Scott McCartney offers his plea for how President-elect Obama can simplify the lives of business travelers by splitting the FAA into two different arms—one for regulation and the other for air traffic control and management.
He recommends that President Obama work to create the latter entity as a quasi-government organization or a non-profit corporation like those in Australia, Canada, and the UK. This is an intriguing idea to me, though it concerns me a bit when I think about the history and success of the other such transportation entity.
McCartney also makes some additional recommendations near the end of the meeting that will have a more immediate impact on our experience like improving consumer protections for passengers and improve the screening process— which I’d extend to eliminating security theater!.
