Is cost effective if you can dump the unreliable and ineffective ELT.
You are probably on the money here.... if we can dump our ELT's it does become affordable.
You should be able to have one OR the other perhaps.
Quite simply, would funding the fitting and installation of these devices SAVE money on SAR costs?
i.e. What amount of money could have been saved in SAR operations if the exact location or (within last 5-10 min location) was known?
Would the installation into every seaworthy boat and aircraft Australia-wide, plus a purchase of a large "block" of location packets from the LEO satellite providers pay for itself?
That was my point from the start.
would funding the fitting and installation of these devices SAVE money on SAR costs?
Absolutely yes.
Put into perspective, for $3,000,000 the entire Australian fleet could be fitted with one and how much has Australia just spent on the MH370 search???? $100,000,000... +