I remembered reading previous posts from Dick about this topic quite some time ago so I thought I'd do a search just to refresh my memory on it.
Now I don't have time to go through all of them but here are some examples of what he has previously stated:
10th March 2008:
http://www.pprune.org/pacific-genera...d-herring.html
Readers will no doubt remember a while ago I made statements in relation to ADS-B being used by terrorists and also others “spoofing” the system to stop it operating correctly. I made the point that these issues should be addressed before Airservices Australia goes ahead and leads the world on ADS-B.
I have recently seen the following comment on the internationally recognised aviation news resource AVweb, see the link
here. Particularly note the comment:
Quote:
“The Department of Defence is concerned ADS-B might work a little too well. It doesn’t want to advertise all its flights and wants a way to fit in the system without letting everyone know its aircraft are there at times, which, of course is the exact opposite of the main selling point of ADS-B. DoD is also concerned that ADS-B can be hijacked by terrorists or enemies and wants to know what is going to be done to prevent “spoofing” the system.”
Isn’t it interesting how Airservices Australia seems to have gone very quiet on their ADS-B proposal?
14th May 2009:
http://www.pprune.org/australia-new-...sing-jobs.html
All corporate jet aircraft operating above FL290 in Australia will be required to have ADS-B by 2013 – seven years before the requirement is mandated in the USA. A number of industry people I have spoken to predict that up to 50% of our corporate fleet will be sold back to the USA, rather than spending the $20 million (estimated by CASA) to fit ADS-B. They state that this type of money is simply not available.
Remember, ADS-B is not required below FL290, so no improvement will be made in the so-called “necessary” problem area of the western minefields.
With up to 50% of the fleet being sold back to the USA, many professional pilots will lose their jobs. Some will say they deserve this because these pilots have done absolutely nothing in making it clear to CASA that Australia can’t possibly lead the world in expensive requirements when there is a major recession taking place.
Fortunately it won’t affect me at all. I can easily afford the ADS-B, and I presume the Packers can too.
I would love to know what genuine measurable safety issue is being addressed. I recently flew the CJ3 out to Birdsville, and above FL290 there is basically no one there. This must be so because Airservices regularly went to TIBA without any real objection from CASA. Of course Airservices have announced that they are going to replace the radars as required, so the ADS-B requirement cannot be designed to address the J-curve.
Don’t get me wrong. I believe ADS-B is fantastic. However I find it interesting that Australia is planning to lead other major aviation countries, such as the USA, with these mandatory requirements.
It can only be happening because the people at CASA making the decisions have no understanding of commercial reality at all. The cargo cult attitude that existed in the 60s is back, firm and strong.
It appears that Qantas agreed with this early mandate because they thought it would only affect the business aviation community and wouldn’t cost Qantas a cent – i.e. that they would have got rid of their 767s by then.
Now with the downturn, there is a chance that Qantas will still have the 767s and it will cost an absolute fortune to fit ADS-B – resulting in even fewer people being employed as their company profitability is affected even more.
To me it seems Dick simply has a bee in his bonnet over this issue and nothing apart from a complete roll back of ADS-B will make him happy.
As for Flying Binghi, the sky has been falling over GPS in his mind for at least 5 years:
24th June 2008:
http://www.pprune.org/australia-new-...te-fiasco.html
What happens to ADS-B when the civy GPS gets turned off ?
If an aggressor causes the US to turn off or damages the GPS system I think we will have other things on our mind apart from ADS-B not working.
Anyway, I am off to work in my ADS-B fitted aircraft to fly in complete surveillance coverage with procedural separation available as backup and with IRS and ground based navaids to backup my use of GNSS.