Originally published at: Cruz: Pentagon ‘Blindsided’ Effort To Advance Rotor Act
Texas senator says discussions with defense officials continue following House defeat of air safety measure.
The only excuse for a military aircraft not having active ADS B out, is if that aircraft is operating in an actual war zone.
The military is far too arrogant about responsibility.
Personally, I experienced loss of GPS while heading up the US East Coast in a heavy jet. Others in the area had the same experience. Turns out that personnel on an Army base were playing with their toys; no notice, no concern for safety.
Brianhope has it correct. the IDIOCY of operating nightvison goggles which limit peripheral vision at night in crowded DC airspace with NO JUSTIFICATION is proof of the arrogance.
No pilot I know likes ADS-B because the FAA has used it as a political tool. And the military thinking is similar. Except Senator Cruz needs to find the guts to tell the military they must fly in their military operation areas (MOAs) only. And stay out of commercial airspace; especially any military training flights. Why the MOAs were created; special out of the way airspace for the military to train! This topic has been a distraction now for over a year. It is more than time for everyone to wake up! ADS-B is dead on arrival. And GPS should be turned over to the Coast Guard so it is not the political tool the military has turned it into!!! And bring back LORAN C, please! Tell the ADS-B manufacturer’s where and what they can do with their ADS-B, please!!! Letting self interested jack ass manufacturers tell congressman the way things should be is an invitation to disaster; as we have now seen!!! Congress is looking like a bunch of dead fish; beyond sad!! Bowing to where ever the money is coming from, not only sad, but very ugly. It is probably time for the multi millionaires and billionaires to start slapping the avionics manufacturers around in a big way; to save their lives and the lives of pilots. Irritating me the way they have strongly suggests all pilots need to help put a stop to this manufacturer insanity of what appears to be buying what ever they want from the US Congress. In short, just stop listening to self interested avionics manufacturers or chaos will be the rule of the day.
Cruze is not my favorite person, but I agree with him to the point I’m fearful of flying today due to all these self righteous people that screamed for ADS-B but don’t want to use it themselves. Hogwash
I can just about guess who killed this. There were two pilots in that Blackhawk that night, as well as in the American Regional Commuter. They saw it, not sure if the Army pilots did.
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