Originally Posted by
PiperCameron
Sounds nice.. but what's the
cost of that little setup?? Five figures at least, probably more.. and it still won't save you from someone like me charging around VFR with no ADSB-OUT. Sure, our beloved gov'mint has extended the rebate on fitment of these devices but it's still an expensive purchase (I suggest 70% might get more traction than 50%) with long lead times and to my mind the benefits and limitations aren't being advertised enough either as CM mentioned above.
If you really want to be safe out there, maybe IFR (where everyone has ADSB) is the only way to fly.. oh, hang on, did someone mention TIBA??
sure it’s not cheap, but try having an accident.
I get the affordability argument. For private day VFR I think it’s appropriate too.
All I’m saying is that the tech is available, it works when installed properly, and for a business running 4-5m of hardware turning over many 10s of millions a year carrying thousands of paying passengers, it’s harder to make the argument that 10k (or 20 or whatever) of avionics is not a cost effective safety enhancement.
Is it perfect? No. Is being on an IFR flight plan in G foolproof? Apparently not.
Like I said above, anyone who’s used this would agree with me that properly installed and operating IN/OUT would make this type of incident exceedingly improbable.