Guys, there is a lot of talk about things being different if we had an MPA and what if a liner sank mid atlantic.
What exactly do you think an MPA would bring to such an event?
If a liner is sinking then the lifeboats all have beacons. The MPA can only act as a search asset. If they are in lifeboats then they will be ok till the ships home to the beacon. If not then they will drown/die of hypothermia whether there is an MPA overhead anyway.
If it is an airliner crashing then what exactly does anyone think an MPA can do for the passengers? If they come down in one piece, then there are beacon applenty. If not, then recent events have shown just how useless state of the art MPAs can be.
Let's not get carried away about haw useful an MPA is in these circumstances.
As locator beacon tech has got better and more ubiquitous, the role of an MPA has become ever more tenuous.