But it gets funnier and funnier - so long as you don't have to actually pay for these things.
The CAA have just issued 'consultation' requiring all Public Transport Category aircraft - regardless of use - to carry Mode C transponders. The legislative impact assessment is pretty short and strangely seems to have ignored the fact that these nice new boxes, costing over £2.5k by the time they are fitted will have to be thrown away within 4 years!!!
Am I missing something or is the CAA trying to clear UK airspace of those bothersome little things to give free rein for Public Transport aircraft over 5700 kg?