This bloke is 'helping' the AOPA cause?
Incidents where light aircraft go into places where they should not be is again nothing new,
So the system should be dumbed down to cater for these inept pilots?
a policy of beating up each incident as if it was a result of the airspace changes
So the LT incident wasn't a result of the airspace changes? Where are all those people who were crying for 'truth in the media'? Does this little piece of 'spin' warrant Civil Air, sorry, 'ATCA' coming out with a "you're all gonna die" press release? If it's good for the goose.........oh that's right, only one side of this debate is allowed to tell lies.
even if transponders in planes occasionally failed.
Good to see you acknowledging that NAS relies on transponders and TCAS. Shame the public doesn't realise what the increased risk means.
And all for what? Sooner or later AOPA will realise they were sold a lemon.
ps. They have an interesting way of preventing those pesky light aircraft being where they shouldn't over here. It involves SAMs. Problem solved. No 'airspace improvements' required.