President Donald Trump plans to lay out his vision for overhauling the nation's air traffic control system on Monday, outlining his goals to privatize the system in a White House speech. Joined by airline industry executives, Trump is expected to point to the changes as a way of accelerating a more modern air traffic control system. "We're really moving into the modern decade of technology in air traffic control. U.S. airlines have been campaigning for more than two decades to separate air traffic control operations from the FAA. Key members of tax-writing committees have questioned whether corporations can legally impose fees, which can be viewed as taxes, on air traffic system users.

Source: ABC News June 05, 2017 08:03 UTC