Originally Posted by
FE Hoppy
@Snowfalcon2
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?
There will soon be a requirement for aircraft to be equipped with FANS B/2 ADS-C EPP as well as FANS 1/A ADS-C EPP (over SATCOM) for oceanic. With the large jumps in available bandwidth an EPP broadcast every 60 seconds would not overload the system, and your aircraft will almost certainly be retrofitted with the capability. A slight mod to the system or even just regulations that say that ADS-C EPP MUST be functioning during flight rather like normal SSR/Mode A/C, or you WILL need to land, would ensure that the proverbial F-16's would be escorting you should that broadcast stop or the aircraft wander too far from the EPP coordinates.
This would solve both MH370 and the AF447 issues in one simple regulation.