AVweb's Question Of The Week

AVweb’s Question Of The Week

Editorial Staff

Wednesday, August 27, 2003 at 12:00 AM ET

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Key Takeaways:

A recent AVweb poll on contract ATC towers received over 4000 responses, significantly exceeding typical participation rates.
The vast majority (80%) of respondents believe that contracting out additional ATC towers would worsen safety.
Conversely, only 12% of respondents felt the FAA would maintain better oversight over its own facilities compared to contracted ones.

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AVweb’s Question Of The Week…

*** PREVIOUS RESULTS ***
Best that we can tell, we received over 4000 responses to our question last week on contract ATC towers. That’s about 10 times our normal response rate (and may suggest a technical error … or union participation.) The overwhelming majority (80 percent) of those responding felt contracting out additional towers would only worsen a developing safety problem. About 12 percent indicated the FAA will maintain better oversight over its own facilities.

To check out the complete results, go to https://avweb.com/qotw.
*** THIS WEEK’S QUESTION ***
This week, we would like to know your thoughts on AVweb’s current online coverage. Please go to to respond.

Have an idea for a new QOTW? Send your suggestions to qotw@avweb.com. Note, this address is ONLY for suggested QOTW questions, and NOT for QOTW answers.