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

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.

As I understand it, FLARM is specifically prohibited from use in the
US and Canada for liability reasons. To me, that means lawyers.
There may be frequency issues also, or I just may be full of it!

I tend to think gliders are such a small part of aviation that lawyers
haven't yet found out about all those plastic "EXPERIMENTAL RACING"
death traps floating around our skies piloted by 14 year olds, waiting
for the wind to stop so they could crash into schools and blow up.

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...

I totally agree.

Cheers,

Kirk

kirk.stant wrote:

As I understand it, FLARM is specifically prohibited from use in the
US and Canada for liability reasons. To me, that means lawyers.
There may be frequency issues also, or I just may be full of it!


Kirk, it's not the lawyers -- it's the people who hire the them.

Let's sue the *******s!


Jack