In the pages that follow we have covered these main issues:
The consultation is not risk/safety based so we cannot make a proper business case for the £44m of your money the CAA proposes to spend;
If we did all fit Mode S, the UK ATC system would collapse because of the way radar and TCAS systems will work until at least 2012;
In CAS, transponders are only actually needed for IFR flights;
TMZs are not properly defined so we cannot properly consult on a process to establish them;
There are no safety case for gliders to carry transponders outside IFR in CAS;
Stopping flights to and from the UK is not the intention of ICAO.
Links:
What the LAA Thinks of the Consultation
Why Mode S Transponders and Not A or A/C
Transition and Exemption Arrangements
Deadline 31st May 2008
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