@Snowfalcon2
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There has to be some form of overheat protection.
Yes.
But.
Turning off the transponder in flight without notifying ATC is.... a no-no.
Technology exists that can solve this dilemma, see e g here.
You are not thinking of the impact such a regulation has on the industry.
This would require that every aeroplane has a realtime data transmission of every system. Including everything! It's basically more data than the FDR records transmitted real time.
Have you thought about the finical implication and time frame required to implement this regulation?