Originally Posted by
chevvron
Irrespective of whether you have Mode S, the controller still has to observe an ident squawk on their radar in response to a request to the pilot; it's the law.
Has the law now changed, to produce the phenomenon that the OP has noted, or is it simply being observed more strictly?
Originally Posted by
cpl4hire
why the sudden influx of Ident requests on a route I have been flying for years without them.