121.5 ELTs banned

5Z wrote:
Just saw this in my inbox:

http://www.avweb.com/avwebflash/news..._202760-1.html


The Federal Communications Commission took the general aviation world
by surprise when it said in a recent report ...... "Were we to
permit continued marketing and use of 121.5 MHz ELTs ... it would
engender the risk that aircraft owners and operators would mistakenly
rely on those ELTs for the relay of distress alerts," the FCC says.
AOPA said today it is opposed to the rule change.


OK, maybe the satellites don't monitor the 121.5 units anymore, but
haven't commercial airliners been required to monitor 121.5 at all
times? I would think there are enough flight routes in the USA that
almost all areas would be in range of an overflying jetliner to pick up
the signal...