Bevan666,
You are correct in regards to ADS-B equivalent of skin codes (mode S/VDL4 or UAT).
In the ADS-B (mode S) proposal and in fact the trial about to commence in the Bundaberg area, an airframe specific code (known as a 24 bit code) is allocated to each aircraft, coded into the transponder during fitment and coupled to the respective registration. Regardless of the flight number/callsign or any other change that aircraft becomes identified to the system, be it ATC (TAAATS) or CDTI.
The trouble is that in trying to introduce such a system you encounter the perennial paranoid whingers who bleat about everything on the basis of they may actually get caught doing something they shouldn’t be doing or doing it for free when they should be paying.
Imagine what could be achieved in terms of airspace reform (not NAS rubbish), combating VCAs and SAR utilising such a system!
Snarek,
I am interested, given your comments here and on other threads related to NAS and Dick (and given your association with AOPA), what the official AOPA line is on NAS.
Pre the disbanding and election of the new AOPA board it’s previous President widely lauded Dick and the NAS proposal as the panacea of all things ill in aviation. Now I understand that the election is only of a recent nature but tide and airspace waits for no man.
All board members claim to have been actively involved in aviation and were elected on the basis of all “singing from the same sheet” so I don’t see this as an issue requiring long internal philosophical debate.
For the record does the AOPA Board support NAS and ALL that it entails?
Does AOPA Board agree with the purported cost savings associated?
Are there any elements that they (the Board) oppose and if so what have they done about it?
You will note that I refer to the Board’s view on this issue not AOPA the organisation. Are you aware of any move to elicit the views of the membership on NAS (given it’s significance) or is the Board/President’s view going to be masqueraded as that of the membership (as in the past)?