Expensive Mode-S Transponders for R22 Helicopters
CASA/Airservices are bringing in a unique mandatory requirement for transponders. I have not seen it anywhere else in the world. It appears that all helicopters flying into Sydney airport via Cape Banks (even tiny R22s) and only going to the helipad via tower airspace and not mixing with fixed-wing taxiing traffic at all still have to be fitted with a Mode-S transponder.
Can anyone advise why this mandatory requirement is there and whether a Regulation Impact Statement was prepared? I haven’t been able to ascertain this from Airservices even though I have written and waited four weeks for an answer.
So much for the Coalitions policy of removing expensive red tape! Ha Ha ! Mr Truss is going to do the opposite.
Last edited by Dick Smith; 2nd Jun 2015 at 05:03.