Larry Dighera wrote:

On Tue, 11 Dec 2007 11:27:17 -0700, Newps wrote:


More likely a much smaller cost.


That's the second time you suggested that ADS-B equipage will be less
than stated, but failed to provide any credible argument to support
your polyandrist prediction.

WHY do you think it will be cheaper? Is there anything tangible that
leads you to that conclusion, or are you prescient, or what?


On Wed, 12 Dec 2007 09:38:37 -0700, Newps wrote:

It's a chicken and egg argument today. The system isn't up and running
yet except for the east coast. Now that the contract is let and the
specs are known or mostly known the various manufacturers will be
getting to work. How many times do you have to see this happen before
you believe it? Starting with about OSH 09 all this stuff will be all
the rage.


So you're implying that once the initial purchasers of the hardware
have paid for the engineering development costs, marketplace
competition and economy of scale will result in falling equipment
prices?

Even if that were to occur, it won'd do anything to reduce the cost of
the labor to install the mandatory equipment.

Have you any idea of the period of time (from the issuance of the
regulation to the commencement of issuance of administrative action
violations) that will be allotted for mandatory compliance with the
regulation promulgated by the NPRM?

If that time period is not too long, why wouldn't it behove
manufacturers to maintain inflated equipment prices, secure in the
knowledge that buyers have no choice but to purchase and install
before the deadline?