White House proposes to privatize air traffic controlWASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump is proposing to shift oversight of the U.S. air traffic control from the federal government to an independent group, according to budget documents released on Thursday. Trump, who called the U.S. air traffic control system “obsolete” in a meeting with airline executives last month, is proposing $16.2 billion for the Department of Transportation’s discretionary budget for fiscal year 2018, a reduction of 13 percent. Some Transportation Department budget items are paid through the highway gas tax fund. The document says Trump’s plan “initiates a multi-year reauthorization proposal to shift the air traffic control function of the Federal Aviation Administration to an independent, non-governmental organization.” Privatization advocates argue that spinning off air traffic control into a non-government entity would allow for a more efficient system and rapid, cost-effective improvements of technology, in part by avoiding the government procurement process. Opponents, including some airlines, say the U.S. system is so large that privatization would not save money, and would drive up ticket costs and could create a national security risk. There also are concerns that airlines would dominate the private-company board and limit access to airports by business jets. The budget would eliminate $175 million in annual funding for the Essential Air Service, a program to support commercial air service to rural airports and end subsidies for Amtrak to operate long-distance train service. Amtrak would then “focus on better managing” state-supported lines and service in the busy Northeast corridor, the budget document said. The Trump budget would also eliminate the Obama administration’s “TIGER” grant program, saving $499 million. That program has been used to fund a variety of transportation projects, including high-speed and intracity rail, highway construction and transit bus systems. The budget calls for cutting the budget of U.S. space agency NASA by 0.8 percent to $19.1 billion. The budget proposes cancelling the multi-billion-dollar Asteroid Redirect Mission, but funds development of the Orion crew vehicle and Space Launch System.  The budget calls for expanding public private partnerships. NASA has partnerships with Space Exploration Technologies and other companies.  The budget funds a mission to fly by Jupiter moon Europa, but cancels a multi-billion mission to land on the moon. It would also fund a Mars rover mission in 2020. The FAA is spending billions to implement “NextGen,” a system that would utilize satellites to monitor aircraft instead of radar and make other changes and has faced implementation challenges. The FAA said it has spent $7.5 billion on NextGen over the past seven years, which “has resulted in $2.7 billion in benefits to passengers and the airlines to date, and is expected to yield more than $160 billion in benefits through 2030.” Last month, Trump criticized spending on NextGen, saying the system was “totally out of whack,” over budget and behind schedule. The FAA handles more than 50,000 flights a day and more than 700 million passengers each year. It spends nearly $10 billion a year on air traffic control funded largely through passenger user fees, and has about 28,000 air traffic control personnel. Since 1987, several countries have moved responsibility for air traffic control from national civil aviation authorities to independent self-financed providers. The Government Accountability Office said in a 2016 report that the United States “is generally considered to have the busiest, most complex and safest ATC system in the world.” politicsNews
white house proposes privatized air traffic controlwashington reuters president donald trump proposing shift oversight air traffic control federal government independent group according budget documents released thursday trump called air traffic control system obsolete meeting airline executives last month proposing billion department transportation discretionary budget fiscal year reduction percent some transportation department budget items paid highway gas tax fund the document says trump plan initiates authorization proposal shift air traffic control function federal aviation administration independent privatization advocates argue spinning air traffic control entity would allow efficient system rapid improvements technology part avoiding government procurement process opponents including airlines say system large privatization would save money would drive ticket costs could create national security risk there also concerns airlines would dominate board limit access airports business jets the budget would eliminate million annual funding essential air service program support commercial air service rural airports end subsidies amtrak operate train service amtrak would focus better managing lines service busy northeast corridor budget document said the trump budget would also eliminate obama administration tiger grant program saving million that program used fund variety transportation projects including intercity rail highway construction transit bus systems the budget calls cutting budget space agency nasa percent billion the budget proposes cancelling asteroid redirect mission funds development orion crew vehicle space launch system the budget calls expanding public private partnerships nasa partnerships space exploration technologies companies the budget funds mission fly jupiter moon europa cancels mission land moon it would also fund mars rover mission the faa spending billions implement nextgen system would utilize satellites monitor aircraft instead radar make changes faced implementation challenges the faa said spent billion nextgen past seven years resulted billion benefits passengers airlines date expected yield billion benefits last month trump criticized spending nextgen saying system totally whack budget behind schedule the faa handles flights day million passengers year it spends nearly billion year air traffic control funded largely passenger user fees air traffic control personnel since several countries moved responsibility air traffic control national civil aviation authorities independent providers the government accountability office said report united states generally considered busiest complex safest atc system politicsnews
Your task is to classify the provided input as real or fake news. Label 0 is meant for fake news, Label 1 is for real news. TEXT: White House proposes to privatize air traffic controlWASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump is proposing to shift oversight of the U.S. air traffic control from the federal government to an independent group, according to budget documents released on Thursday. Trump, who called the U.S. air traffic control system “obsolete” in a meeting with airline executives last month, is proposing $16.2 billion for the Department of Transportation’s discretionary budget for fiscal year 2018, a reduction of 13 percent. Some Transportation Department budget items are paid through the highway gas tax fund. The document says Trump’s plan “initiates a multi-year reauthorization proposal to shift the air traffic control function of the Federal Aviation Administration to an independent, non-governmental organization.” Privatization advocates argue that spinning off air traffic control into a non-government entity would allow for a more efficient system and rapid, cost-effective improvements of technology, in part by avoiding the government procurement process. Opponents, including some airlines, say the U.S. system is so large that privatization would not save money, and would drive up ticket costs and could create a national security risk. There also are concerns that airlines would dominate the private-company board and limit access to airports by business jets. The budget would eliminate $175 million in annual funding for the Essential Air Service, a program to support commercial air service to rural airports and end subsidies for Amtrak to operate long-distance train service. Amtrak would then “focus on better managing” state-supported lines and service in the busy Northeast corridor, the budget document said. The Trump budget would also eliminate the Obama administration’s “TIGER” grant program, saving $499 million. That program has been used to fund a variety of transportation projects, including high-speed and intracity rail, highway construction and transit bus systems. The budget calls for cutting the budget of U.S. space agency NASA by 0.8 percent to $19.1 billion. The budget proposes cancelling the multi-billion-dollar Asteroid Redirect Mission, but funds development of the Orion crew vehicle and Space Launch System.  The budget calls for expanding public private partnerships. NASA has partnerships with Space Exploration Technologies and other companies.  The budget funds a mission to fly by Jupiter moon Europa, but cancels a multi-billion mission to land on the moon. It would also fund a Mars rover mission in 2020. The FAA is spending billions to implement “NextGen,” a system that would utilize satellites to monitor aircraft instead of radar and make other changes and has faced implementation challenges. The FAA said it has spent $7.5 billion on NextGen over the past seven years, which “has resulted in $2.7 billion in benefits to passengers and the airlines to date, and is expected to yield more than $160 billion in benefits through 2030.” Last month, Trump criticized spending on NextGen, saying the system was “totally out of whack,” over budget and behind schedule. The FAA handles more than 50,000 flights a day and more than 700 million passengers each year. It spends nearly $10 billion a year on air traffic control funded largely through passenger user fees, and has about 28,000 air traffic control personnel. Since 1987, several countries have moved responsibility for air traffic control from national civil aviation authorities to independent self-financed providers. The Government Accountability Office said in a 2016 report that the United States “is generally considered to have the busiest, most complex and safest ATC system in the world.” politicsNews
Your task is to classify the provided input as real or fake news. Label 0 is meant for fake news, Label 1 is for real news. TEXT: white house proposes privatized air traffic controlwashington reuters president donald trump proposing shift oversight air traffic control federal government independent group according budget documents released thursday trump called air traffic control system obsolete meeting airline executives last month proposing billion department transportation discretionary budget fiscal year reduction percent some transportation department budget items paid highway gas tax fund the document says trump plan initiates authorization proposal shift air traffic control function federal aviation administration independent privatization advocates argue spinning air traffic control entity would allow efficient system rapid improvements technology part avoiding government procurement process opponents including airlines say system large privatization would save money would drive ticket costs could create national security risk there also concerns airlines would dominate board limit access airports business jets the budget would eliminate million annual funding essential air service program support commercial air service rural airports end subsidies amtrak operate train service amtrak would focus better managing lines service busy northeast corridor budget document said the trump budget would also eliminate obama administration tiger grant program saving million that program used fund variety transportation projects including intercity rail highway construction transit bus systems the budget calls cutting budget space agency nasa percent billion the budget proposes cancelling asteroid redirect mission funds development orion crew vehicle space launch system the budget calls expanding public private partnerships nasa partnerships space exploration technologies companies the budget funds mission fly jupiter moon europa cancels mission land moon it would also fund mars rover mission the faa spending billions implement nextgen system would utilize satellites monitor aircraft instead radar make changes faced implementation challenges the faa said spent billion nextgen past seven years resulted billion benefits passengers airlines date expected yield billion benefits last month trump criticized spending nextgen saying system totally whack budget behind schedule the faa handles flights day million passengers year it spends nearly billion year air traffic control funded largely passenger user fees air traffic control personnel since several countries moved responsibility air traffic control national civil aviation authorities independent providers the government accountability office said report united states generally considered busiest complex safest atc system politicsnews