Dick, A correction if I may, you say in answer to James M :
I know that this is what you are obsessed with.
In reality the man is only obsessed with his own self generated "Importance" the outcome will only dent his Ego.
When the inevitable demise of ADSB is announced he will slink away for a few days , but like a bad penny he will come back with the next techo solution to a problem that doesn't exist .