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"It wasn't long after this that the then Bush administration started floating trial balloons about ATC privatization and user fees. Coincidence? I don't think so. Establishing a tracking and billing system was a huge hurdle in a fee-for-service system and UPS had just handed them the raw data stream.
There was another heavyweight that took notice. Five months after ADS-B was certified we carried a story announcing the acquisition of UPSAT by Garmin for $38 million. The name was changed to Garmin AT and the company retains a commanding presence in Salem with hundreds of people working on the latest and greatest.
But it's all about safety, right? Money has absolutely nothing to do with it."
"It wasn't long after this that the then Bush administration started floating trial balloons about ATC privatization and user fees. Coincidence? I don't think so. Establishing a tracking and billing system was a huge hurdle in a fee-for-service system and UPS had just handed them the raw data stream.
There was another heavyweight that took notice. Five months after ADS-B was certified we carried a story announcing the acquisition of UPSAT by Garmin for $38 million. The name was changed to Garmin AT and the company retains a commanding presence in Salem with hundreds of people working on the latest and greatest.
But it's all about safety, right? Money has absolutely nothing to do with it."
