Unicom
November 2005 Issue
Unicom: 11/05
On The Money
Your editorial (Editor's Log, September 2005) on the FAA's actions leading to eliminating the traffic information service (TIS) is on the money...and "money" is the operative word.
I have three airplanes with TIS in my company fleet after being proselytized at length by FAA propaganda and at agency seminars by the folks bringing us TIS services. We invested in Mode S/TIS transponders to enhance the safety of our operations in high traffic areas.
Personally, I think all buyers of this equipment should corner AOPA or some aviation attorney and file a class action suit against the FAA and the nimrods within it who sell us on buying into their safety mantra only...
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