Kn thanks for the response. It shows the very lack of forsight that my post is trying to draw attention to. I make my living commercial flying and am intimately aware of the usefulness of anti collision devices having to work with them on a daily basis. But as to "sport" flying I am ever conscious of the trickle down that occurs from the commercial side of the industry. If you want more federal or contest mandates you clearly cannot see the end result, which will be restrictions on flying freedom. Half the guys I know who contest fly get so tired of the false alarms with their flarms, they have them turned down to squat. Its used more for tool to find the guy who has located the next thermal or their unspoken competion "team" partner than an anti collision device.
As to "open class holes" your short sightedness is a blaring example. If a guy wants to have a flarm or transponder in his bird, great, but it IS NOT the primary answer to collision avoidance. The sooner you acknowledge that fact, the sooner our soaring skies will be safer.