Thanks Mike,

I thought Flarm was mandated in Europe.Â* I'm pretty sure France requires
it in the Alps, but that's neither here nor there.Â* I believe your
gliding community is independent from your government (BGA), but ours is
not.Â* We're under the FAA where their motto is "We're not happy until
you're not happy".Â* In the US Flarm was initially rejected by our FCC
(Federal Communications Commission), and it had to be modified (I don't
know how), to meet our requirements.Â* Flarm is not mandatory in the US
except in SSA sanctioned contests (I think) but, since I don't fly in
contests, I'm not affected by that.

As I said elsewhere, I use Flarm because I wanted to.Â* I often fly past
Santa Fe, New Mexico, where there is a lot of general aviation traffic,
including jets, and I like being able to see them on my Flarm display.

On 10/3/2018 10:45 AM, Mike Oliver wrote:
This is going off the original topic but actually Dan I'm not sure that
'the government' anywhere here in Europe (still in at the moment,UK)
has mandated Flarm. It's mandated in France certainly but I'm fairly
sure it was the FFVV, the gliding community that mandated it after an
accident in which I believe 3 but possibly even 4 people lost their lives.

The risks may be different in that in parts of France ie The Alps, on a
busy day you can have several hundred gliders in a relatively small
area.

At 15:50 03 October 2018, Dan Marotta wrote:
That hardly requires an answer, Mike.ÂÂ* I had seat belts in my car long
before they were mandated; it was my choice, not the government's,
and
I'd still have them without the mandate. Likewise, I've flown legacy
aircraft which didn't have shoulder straps without wetting my pants
over
the hazards.

For the last time:ÂÂ* Choose what works for you and let me choose for
myself.ÂÂ* Try to force me and we'll have a problem.

On 10/3/2018 8:50 AM, Mike Oliver wrote:
What about straps Dan? I believe they are mandated. Should that
be
removed


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Dan, 5J