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.
Most of you have a GPS ADS-B works by broardcasting your position (from your GPS) via the Mode S transponder. An aircraft equiped with the full system will get commands to avoid your aircraft in much the same way as with TCAS.
I agree that keeping me away from a collision is a good thing. Of course my superior skills means that it could never happen to me
..especially as the near approxes I have had have been with low-flying military stuff, and aren't they an exemption?
However, when you read the new requirement for the carriage of an ELT, the justification is the cost-benefit analysis of scrambling a Sea King to get you. Against that the £1500 cost is seen as very reasonable and hence now mandated.
Strange, isn't it, that a Mode S product that doesn't yet exist has the estimated price of £1500! Is this the CAA's view of a reasonable cost?