Dick, I am still waiting to be a believer.
EDIT- some may take that the wrong way.
To add further Our ATCO also said-
Unlike the high cost, long lead time, technical risk and uncertain value of ADS-B implementation in airspace that is already covered by radar, oceanic ADS-B is an order of magnitude less complex and less ex- pensive,” Forrey said.
So one could infer that were there is no facility then our man in the US would agree that ADS-B is cost effective!
Our mate does want to upgrade his radar heads and one must remember that the ATC union pulled the RADAR like separation standards for CAPSTONE (I believe it was pressure on the local FAA to pull the plug on the CAPSTONE screens used by the ATC operators). I actually wrote to the guys over in Alaska about this very subject. They were told to refer any quiery up the chain. This guy was the equivalent of our Mr Dunstone.
