Will New ADSB IFR Requirement Reduce Safety Even More?
A number of pilots I talk to who hold instrument ratings and own and operate an aircraft that is in the IFR category, have told me that when the ADSB mandate comes in (unique in the world) that rather than spend the money in fitting the ADSB, they are going to simply take their aircraft out of the IFR category and only fly VFR.
At the present time we have a very low percentage of Australian pilots with instrument ratings, compared to countries like the USA and it’s going to get worse and worse as pilots end up scud running all the time because of not being able to afford the cost of ADSB.
Another pilot told me he is just going to sell his plane and move on to other fields.
This is going to make our industry even more unviable.