"I wish the UK CAA had the balls to go down the Netherlands route!"
....What? And kill of sport aviation in the UK using the claim that the technology improves safety without the evidence to support it ?
Have heard rumours that in the Netherlands they've had problems already and have asked pilots to switch off their Mode-S when near controlled airspace due to the volume of spurious TCAS alerts. Did wonder what effect a glider with Mode-S being winch launched would have. Next thing you know they'll be asking for pilots to switch off Mode-S when doing aerobatics too! Mind you the Dutch are leading the way with evaluating the operation of UAV's in airspace (
http://www.nlr.nl/id~7012/lang~en.html). The current continued expansion of Danger Areas in the UK to cater for UAV's confirms the trend too...
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/06...ury_plain_spy/ .
And you thought Mode-S was about safety ?