Originally Posted by
PiperCameron
ADS-B transponders aren't cheap! Unless they're free installed (with all units paid for by Joe Taxpayer) or specifically required for access to some level of airspace (like IFR now), it simply isn't going to work - if necessary it will just push more folks sideways into RAAus, Class G and out the door.
The problem is the mandate is for ADS-B for VFR
in G...Every airborne aircraft in Australia will be trackable, right down to the owner's registered address.
Imagine the outcry if they tried this on motorists? All in the name of "safety", of course....