ADS-B Mandate – ATCs Responsible for Deaths?
Hate to be picky, but ADS-B is mandated above F280, not F290. And RVSM is F290-F410 inclusive. ADS-B is mandated at all levels above F280. All these foreign aircraft that have applied for and been granted an exemption that are SE Asia based cannot transit Oz ADS-B airspace say SIN-SYD at even F530, nothing above F280 until within the radar coverage East Coast J-curve. I think that here they could have made a compromise... ADS-B should have only been mandated in the RVSM band. With the exception of the occasional (at this stage) B787, the GVs, Global Expresses and Falcon 2000s have above F410 pretty much to themselves, and don't get in anyone's way