Originally Posted by A and C
Surely not hitting another aircraft in flight is a big advantage, ADS-B will atleast keep the bigger and faster aircraft away from you.
I fully agree, but the cost of mandatory Mode S on ALL powered aircraft and gliders (which is what is being proposed) will ground a lot of microlights and foot launched powered aircraft.
How many people with aircraft valued at less than £5000 will accept paying thousands more just to keep flying? After the high costs of mandatory insurance, I would expect to see yet more leave the budget end of the sport.
What right does the CAA have to introduce legislation that will, at a stroke, place such an unnacceptably high cost burden on the budget end of recreational aviation?
We are not all in the comfortable position of being able to afford this much expenditure in one go, for many of us it represents several years maintenance costs.
VP