In a message dated 10/14/2003 1:33:09 PM Pacific Daylight Time, emcelr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes: << Canada, and I believe also (parts of?) Europe, both of which I've heard you compare favourably to the capitalist barbarians of your homeland, have privatized air traffic control. The world has not noticeably come to an end= , at least here in Montr=E9al. (Canada also has retained privatized airport security, as well, which has, I note, been significantly tightened in the last six months or so.) >> I disagree that they compare favorably. The most minute number of MACs here have been cause by ATC, rather they have been caused by bad piloting, while just last year ATC in Europe caused a MAC between a TU-154 and a 757. I know for a fact that the privatized towers in the US now have people playing cards and not paying due attention to traffic. There are somethings that are inherently governmental, like police, fire and ATC. Also, my name is Alireza, not Ali. Please address me by Alireza