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dmixyesterday at 11:22 PM2 repliesview on HN

Maybe federal government which hasn’t grown much (they contract everything). State and especially local government employment has been growing consistently for years, or growing very fast if you count education

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government_employees_in_the_Un...

ATC should probably be private like it is in Canada, where it functions very well, and also better lines up with how the federal gov operates https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nav_Canada


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jbmtoday at 8:05 AM

Canadian ATC has serious issues, and the whole air travel system is much, much more expensive than the US.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/vancouver-ai...

sokoloffyesterday at 11:29 PM

A lot of services are provided by contractors, including a few hundred control towers, the weather briefing system, the vast majority of flight and medical examiners, etc.