Reply #10: When will we see ATC ...

[TahitiNut]

... 'outsourced' to boiler rooms located in China or India? High-speed telecommunications links could be thought to make it possible.

It seems the FAA has become more delusionary. I believe their objective should be to "save lives" not (mythically) "save money". There's absolutely no evidence whatsoever that privatization of any such public service function has ever saved money. (In fact, the reverse is what's most often demonstrated.) When the infrastructure in which the public has invested is transferred to private for-profit control, the public's equity ownership is abdicated without remuneration and proceeds to deteriorate (through lack of significant investment) until the public foots the next huge bill -- never those who've profited.