The Federal Aviation Administration s control tower at Denver International Airport, as seen from east of the DIA airfield. (Joe Amon, Denver Post file)
Re: Reality of privatized air traffic control, Jan. 17 My Turn.
Iver Retrum states that the Canadian air traffic control system stumbled financially and required support to remain solvent.
This is not the case. Nav Canada has never needed financial subsidies from government or any other party. The company has been self-sustaining for its nearly 20-year existence through user fees, even in times of severe economic downturns that hit the aviation industry.
Further, Nav Canada has gone almost 12 years without a fee increase and has in fact reduced fees twice in the past decade.
Finally, in our 19 years of operation, the credit ratings of Nav Canada have never fallen below the S&P level of AA- or the Moody s level of Aa3.
John Morris, Ottawa
The writer is communications director for Nav Canada, a privately run, nonprofit corporation that owns and operates Canada s civil air navigation system.
This letter was published in the Jan. 29 edition.
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