Since I work for a government controlled industry that was spun off to be managed by private industry, I can relate my experience with it. The private contractor took over, stripped away the benefits for new employees, still works under the thumb of the federal government with all their inherent idiocracy and inefficiencies. There was no increase inefficiency. Worker benefits were significantly reduced. And the management fee for the contract went up by a factor of 10 as compared to when we were managed by a University. After 10 years of privatization, the feds are firing the contract company they brought in, and will award the management to a new contract company, thinking that's going to fix the problems. We can expect to lose more employee benefits, costs to go up, and still the same inefficiencies thanks to the federal government oversight since they are the source of the problems. I really don't think I want to see the FAA go that route. However, AOPA and EAA have to have a crisis, whether real or imagined, to maintain their membership roles to lobby in Washington. I'm not so sure I like being a part of that either.
-Cub Builder