Don't be silly, and don't put words in my mouth. There have been a total of 14 deaths from mid-air collisions in the US in the last thirty years, none on board a commercial airplane. Unless you can show that we've just been colossally lucky, then the argument that we need to improve ATC for safety reasons doesn't hold water. That doesn't mean we shouldn't improve ATC, but for reasons of efficiency and allowing for increased air traffic, not because there's any evidence the current system is unsafe.