SM4 Pirate,
If there are no plans to charge VFR, why are they being provided with a “free” ADS-B unit.
We all know that even the most modern ADS-B equipped Boeing and Airbus airline aircraft use TCAS, not ADS-B for displaying nearby aircraft – of course, TCAS works with any standard mode C or mode S transponder.
TCAS is good enough for airline aircraft to be given traffic information by, why does Airservices want a more expensive ADS-B unit, which transmits the call sign of the aircraft back to the Airservices computer and this will only happen in about 10% of Australia at low levels?
Last edited by Dick Smith; 14th Aug 2007 at 04:42.