Dick,
I am proud of this because I introduced them
Only because we flatly refused to accept E airspace without mandatory transponders! You were all for "free in E and G", which, if you had your way, would have allowed NO RADIO aircraft to mix it with RPT jets, for goodness sake.
Who, in their right mind, would allow a non-transponder lighty to swan around through the airspace over a busy airport, requiring A380s to take avoiding action after the A380 pilots had finally spotted the lighty? Dick Smith.
Otherwise, I agree that TCAS should be mandated in every commercial turbine aircraft, provided transponders are mandated in aircraft that operate into CTAF Rs (if they can power them).
