Icebound wrote:
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ups.com...

I've taken some comfort in the fact that this latest incident dropped
off the news almost as quickly as it arrived.

After the incursion in May, posters were predicting all sorts of dire
consequences for the next one.... and I predicted:

The more often these occur without anybody seriously hurt, the less likely
there will be a shoot-down because the previous experiences will suggest
"low danger probability". ... and also the more likely that the media

Indeed. The more these happen, the more people in DC will think, "Oh
great, another damn cessna scare," the less photogenic mayhem will
ensue, the less the media will cover it, the less anyone will likely
give a damn.

Personally, I think this might be a great opportunity for a bit of
hard-core pork-barreling to get the gummint to subsidize ADS-B rigs for
everyone. Double it in with a new ATC system and who cares about ten
billion here or there? Might as well make lemons from lemonade...

-cwk.

(removing tongue from cheek)