Captain Bloggs,
I was merely expressing surprise at having heard such a rumour here. I would have thought it may come out in other fora first.
All the major domestic airlines in this country operate into Non Controlled and/or Non radar aerodromes where the benefits of ADS-B and CDTI can be realised. If I recall correctly we would need ADS-B Out equippage rates in the GA fleet close to that of current VHF Radio (around 90%).
For a major airline to ignore such benefits is short sighted but is really just the logical extension of user pays I suppose.
The restriction on unserviceable TCAS in E or G airspace is a straight lift from the MEL that my lot operate under.
Last edited by GaryGnu; 7th Feb 2007 at 03:44.