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Secret plot to privatise air traffic control
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AIR traffic control at ten airports in the Highlands and Islands
could be privatised after secret talks between the Scottish Executive
and two firms, The Scotsman can reveal.
Opponents, including trade unions and politicians, say privatising
the units, which cover the immediate airspace around the airport,
could jeopardise safety, drain the public purse and lead to the
airports as a whole being sold off.
Alan Denny, the Scottish secretary of Prospect, the controllers'
union, said: "We have seen how privatisation has affected rail
safety, we don't want the aviation equivalent of the Potters ...
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