via rjtjrt #01;
With the next federal election in the foreseeable timeframe, is it time for industry and all other interested groups to start to very actively lobby for an Australian program to install ground stations to utilise Japanese MSAS/MTSAT satellites?
This could presumably partly utilise the ADS-B infrastructure and thus it would be cheaper than a de-novo system.
Surely now is the time for interested parties to join together, get the media involved, and lobby the politicians for support in the lead up to the election (when politicians and parties are more amenable to lobbying).
via LeadSled #45;
...Given the ongoing financial turmoil surrounding Galileo, I wouldn't be developing any business plans based on its availability.
Don't forget, Galileo was in financial strife before the GFC, recession in Europe only makes a final decision to genuinely support is even more protracted, perhaps even unlikely...
Interesting how there are some who want Australia's airspace to become even more reliant, perhaps totally reliant, on a GPS based navigation system that
Australia neither owns nor controls...
I wonder what the legal liability is for Airservices/CASA if the GPS based airspace system that is being further introduced and mandated with expensive equipment requirements for aircraft owners is suddenly lost....
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