Old tecnology and inertia - transponders

kirk.stant wrote:
It's been done, and is in widespread use by gliders (just not in the
US or Canada, thanks to lawyers). It's called FLARM. Won't keep that
Airbus from hitting you, however...

I wouldn't blame the lawyers (just some skewed perceptions), if they
were really that bad, we would no longer be getting any gliders
delivered to this country.

FLARM may make sense in Europe, but I don't think it makes sense in the
US, since the critical collision hazard is non-glider traffic. ADS-B
(essentially FLARM on steroids) is supposed to be the long term
solution, but I've been told the radar guys in the FAA are doing what
they can to slow down deployment...

Marc