Originally Posted by malcolmf
Would it be unreasonable as part of the service provided by airfields in return for the landing fee to expect a free wifi connection? (irony)
Couple of remote airports I've flown into don't have even enough GSM signal strength to pay fuel (since transmission to bank is done with terminal that uses GSM)
But at less remote fields, yes, great idea - I wish anyone from management would read this
In my opinion, not getting weather isn't so critical as you only screw up your day if you have to divert away from your destination/origin and stay there for couple of days or get into inadvertent IMC. But not having a transponder is simply ignorant to the flight safety as whole, especially when today's transponders fit into ANY kind of flying device, even for UAV you can get a transponder that weighs 500g or less - and even S-mode nowadays. People really think that in 2010 the air traffic density is the same as it was 40 or 50 years ago - time changes, people change, technology changes and so should the mandatory requirements which would have to include at least mode C (if not S) transponder.