On Wed, 05 Mar 2008 08:39:18 -0600, Gig 601XL Builder
wrote in
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Of course the DoD is going to want the "take" from any surveillance
system that is in place and they should get it.

While I firmly champion freedom from government intrusion in private
matters, I tend to agree with you.

But from reading the above it seems they are much more concerned that
the system as currently conceived has some security holes that they
are worried about. Overall it looks like they don't like the plan.

Oh, I think they like the idea of knowing the exact position of all
the flights in the NAS, but they feel that the military should be
exempt from participation in revealing their positions, and they have
concerns about spoofing and hostile use of ADS-B out information.

Of course the military sees itself as above the populous, and seeks to
assure acceptance of its noncompliance even at the expense of a
foolproof anticollision system. Such is the limited intelligence and
arrogance routinely demonstrated by the military. Hopefully more
enlightened heads will prevail.

What I find pathetic is the air carriers' vain hope that somehow ADS-B
OUT will provide relief from flight delays and the public scorn they
create. I suppose their support for mandatory ADS-B OUT may be thinly
disguised support for Boeing or LockMart operated NextGen ATC, for
surly they must be aware of the true source of airline flight delays:
lack of runway and taxiway concrete and terminal capacity.

And the affect on GA is hardly considered in the NPRM. Remember, it
was John McCain who prevented the president of the AOPA from a seat on
the FAA Management Advisory Council (MAC):

http://www.deafpilots.com/newsletter...000/clyde.html
Boyer snubbed by Senate

I was saddened to learn that Phil Boyer, AOPA president, was not
recommended by the Senate Commerce Committee to serve on the new
FAA Management Advisory Council (MAC). President Clinton had asked
Boyer to serve. Arizona Senator John McCain, a Republican and
chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee, questioned Boyer's
qualifications because he and Boyer have often been at loggerheads
over the idea of aviation user fees. McCain circulated a draft
agenda to the membership of the Commerce Committee, indicating
Phil Boyer and Debbie Branson's names would not be sent to the
full Senate for confirmation.

This occurred despite the fact that it was Boyer's AOPA who proposed
the MAC!

GA is under siege and we don't even know it. Our champions are feeble
in comparison to the power of the military and large corporations, and
we are envied and thus disliked for the freedom airmen enjoy over the
heads of the lay public. GA had better find some powerful strategists
quickly, conceive a winning plan of action, befriend powerful allies,
and embark on a compelling publicity campaign soon, or face relegation
to small snippets of unwanted airspace, IMO.

/soapbox