Presidential Commission On Privatization

The President's Commission on Privatization recommended Monday that the Federal Aviation Administration consider selling peak-hour flight times to airlines to reduce congestion during key traveling hours. Under the commission plan, airlines would bid for a limited number of desirable departure slots and, possibly, pass on those additional costs to passengers willing to pay more to fly at a certain time.

The President's Commission on Privatization recommended Monday that the Federal Aviation Administration consider selling peak-hour flight times to airlines to reduce congestion during key traveling hours. Under the commission plan, airlines would bid for a limited number of desirable departure slots and, possibly, pass on those additional costs to passengers willing to pay more to fly at a certain time.

A bipartisan presidential commission, going beyond President Reagan's own mostly ignored proposals, today told the President the government should begin a gradual but wholesale transfer of mail delivery, air traffic control, prison operations and scores of other services to the private sector.