On Wednesday, December 30, 2015 at 6:44:35 PM UTC-8, wrote:
SNIP when what they really care about is tactical advantage.
Perhaps you can explain to me how it is a tactical advantage to have exactly the same information as everyone else?

Sure, if you refuse to use it then you put yourself at a tactical disadvantage. The same can be said about your variometer, GPS, and altimeter. There is no tactical advantage to Flarm if all contestants have them.

In fact the same arguments used against Flarm (replaces pilot skill with technology) is at least as true of every other instrument in the panel. It is becoming increasingly clear that the detractors of Flarm are simply technophobes. If they believed what they said, they would also be advocating the banning of variometers, altimeters, GPS, compasses, laminar flow airfoils, etc. What are these after all, but attempts to apply technology to gain an advantage, and far more effective ones than Flarm? The really good pilots can fly without them.

To be clear, I like my variometer, GPS, altimeter, and compass because I am at an advantage compared to not having them. To a lesser extent, I like my Flarm for the same reason.