Hi TBM,
Read the thread carefully. The F290 issue as regards transits was addressed by Plazbot, not me.
My comment on F290 went to ADS-B, RVSM, RPT cruise-levels and the logicality of CASA and AsA designating that level as the cut-off for mandatory ADS-B carriage.
As regards 'the exemption,' would you truly approve of your tax-dollars being spent on legacy airframes to retrofit ADS-B and then be retired 2-4 years later? I can imagine the outrage at 'Defence waste.'
Airspace? It's always going to be a bone of contention, TBM, but I suggest you look at what CASA's OAR has done with respect to rationalisation in the last few years. Rationalisation, by the way, that was initiated by Defence.
On your side of the territory, TBM, you'll never be satisfied. You'll keep chanting the mantra like the nodding-dog on the parcel-shelf. It's not worth my time arguing airspace -it's been done to death.