FAA break-up bill clears U.S. House committee

Juneau International Airport (File photo by James Brooks)
A bill to break up the FAA and privatize the nation’s air traffic controllers cleared the Transportation Committee in the U.S. House last night.
Alaska Congressman Don Young says he made changes to the bill to make it more palatable in Alaska, where dozens of small airports benefit from a government subsidy called Essential Air Service.
“It was a bad bill when it started,” Young said in a statement recorded late at