The Shadow wrote:-
The other solution for inflight recorders data loss tinyurl.com/269cucb
..... which included in part -
The Buenos Aries (EZE) to Auckland (AKL) route is one that comes to mind - 5,600NM, and for 5,000NM of the track, the chances of having reciprocal or same direction traffic in range is basically zip/zero, i.e. the sole westbound aircraft becomes the sole eastbound service on the return leg.
Just goes to show that this thread does get read, and parts of it do get "reused" (complete with Buenos Aires spelt wrongly), in fact just
plagiarized. A quick search back in this thread will prove that -
post #203.
Back to the discussion. The suggestions are all good, their chances of implementation in the next 10 years are not so good, and in this case we are not splitting hairs over the number of nanoseconds, 'cos there will be super tankers full of them before anything meaningful happens.
Lets go back to the BEA's suggestion that the ULB frequency be lowered to ~9kHz. The suggestion has already been aired at an ICAO meeting in Montreal, but the likelihood of it gaining traction will only come after the ULBs from AF447 have been located and determinations made as to why their pingers were not detected.
Changing the tried and proven is going to take time.
mm43