Another midair in the pattern

On 1-16-2011 20:11, Mike Schumann wrote:


If you want a scenario that will put an end to flying as we know it, it
would be a mid-air between a non-radio equipped GA aircraft and a
passenger jet, where the subsequent investigation uncovers a series of
internet postings by the GA pilot railing against the government's right
to force him to spend $200 on a hand-held radio.


So, a regulation mandating a radio trumps the regulation to see and avoid?

And, after instituting said regulation, and midairs still occur, what is
the next "fix"?

On Jan 16, 4:24*pm, Scott wrote:
On 1-16-2011 20:11, Mike Schumann wrote:



If you want a scenario that will put an end to flying as we know it, it
would be a mid-air between a non-radio equipped GA aircraft and a
passenger jet, where the subsequent investigation uncovers a series of
internet postings by the GA pilot railing against the government's right
to force him to spend $200 on a hand-held radio.

So, a regulation mandating a radio trumps the regulation to see and avoid?

And, after instituting said regulation, and midairs still occur, what is
the next "fix"?

I haven't read all forty some odd posts, but (if nobody did already)
I would like to point out that radios are already pretty much mandated
by regulation.........Class A, Class B, Class C, and Class D
Airspaces........Wouldn't take much for the feds to expand that the
rest of the way....

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On Jan 16, 4:24*pm, Scott wrote:
On 1-16-2011 20:11, Mike Schumann wrote:



If you want a scenario that will put an end to flying as we know it, it
would be a mid-air between a non-radio equipped GA aircraft and a
passenger jet, where the subsequent investigation uncovers a series of
internet postings by the GA pilot railing against the government's right
to force him to spend $200 on a hand-held radio.

So, a regulation mandating a radio trumps the regulation to see and avoid?

And, after instituting said regulation, and midairs still occur, what is
the next "fix"?

My old glider partner had an interesting vision of the future of the
sport of soaring....like 100 years from now.........
He figured the government would cordon off a section of Arizona, maybe
50 miles square, and everybody would only be allowed to fly gliders in
there, only certains hours each day, and only certain days of the
week, etc. Sort of like Disney World, but for soaring! LOL!

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