Sun Jun 04, 2017 4:03 pm
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But that's forgetting the opportunity costs of spending £600 on this. If it was the only thing that would increase GA safety then your point is well made.
But it's not, and as I pointed out earlier in the thread that £600 could just as well be spent mitigating other hazards that threaten GA pilots other than MAC.
For example, loss of control in flight or on the ground results in many more accidents, injuries and fatalities than mid-air collisions do. That £600 could instead be spent on mitigating those hazards by way of training and practice. Is that a better use of the money?
Well, it depends on the individual pilot, but my point is that there is no bottomless pit of cash, and choices have to be made - as we all well know. If we all had unlimited funds we would all buy every new bit of kit going to reduce risk at the margins as well as do all that extra flying that will sharpen our skills. But we do not.
There is a tone I detect in places in this thread that if you do not spend on a conspicuity receiver then somehow you are thoughtless and potentially dangerous. I am saying that is not so, and there may be more likely hazards to mitigate from the finite pot of cash. People who choose to do that should not be subject to implied criticism, and I think some in this thread are doing that - maybe unconsciously.
Don't get me wrong: I think ADS-B is a wonderful thing, and ADS-B IN with the additional in-flight information features that Cub teasingly refers to would be even more wonderful. But it's not everything, and likely not even the critical thing to sustain and enhance overall UK GA safety.
But it's not, and as I pointed out earlier in the thread that £600 could just as well be spent mitigating other hazards that threaten GA pilots other than MAC.
For example, loss of control in flight or on the ground results in many more accidents, injuries and fatalities than mid-air collisions do. That £600 could instead be spent on mitigating those hazards by way of training and practice. Is that a better use of the money?
Well, it depends on the individual pilot, but my point is that there is no bottomless pit of cash, and choices have to be made - as we all well know. If we all had unlimited funds we would all buy every new bit of kit going to reduce risk at the margins as well as do all that extra flying that will sharpen our skills. But we do not.
There is a tone I detect in places in this thread that if you do not spend on a conspicuity receiver then somehow you are thoughtless and potentially dangerous. I am saying that is not so, and there may be more likely hazards to mitigate from the finite pot of cash. People who choose to do that should not be subject to implied criticism, and I think some in this thread are doing that - maybe unconsciously.
Don't get me wrong: I think ADS-B is a wonderful thing, and ADS-B IN with the additional in-flight information features that Cub teasingly refers to would be even more wonderful. But it's not everything, and likely not even the critical thing to sustain and enhance overall UK GA safety.