Question for you pilots...

[Guest Tim13]

>When did a radio become required equipment for the kind of>airspace he restricts himself to using? He can broadcast his>intentions all day long with some kind of device but it won't>do any good when the other planes around him don't even have a>radio on board.When did I say that a radio was required? It's not. My point is that if something is available to use, and can maintain or increase safety for everyone, then it's foolish not to use it. Kevin, do you turn your mode c transponder off when it's not required based on the airspace that you're flying in? Of course you don't, and you have no idea how many times a controller has used that info to point you out as traffic to another aircraft, to avoid a midair collision.Just because an out dated regulation allows you to thumb your nose at a device that can increase overall safety, doesn't mean that it's necessarily the smart thing to do.Tim

[KevinAu 441]

>>>When did I say that a radio was required? It's not. My point>is that if something is available to use, and can maintain or>increase safety for everyone, then it's foolish not to use it.> >>Kevin, do you turn your mode c transponder off when it's not>required based on the airspace that you're flying in? Of>course you don't, and you have no idea how many times a>controller has used that info to point you out as traffic to>another aircraft, to avoid a midair collision.>>Just because an out dated regulation allows you to thumb your>nose at a device that can increase overall safety, doesn't>mean that it's necessarily the smart thing to do.>>TimWhat you propose is a slippery slope because you are requiring somebody for whatever reason, to go above and beyond regulatory requirements. TCAD equipment exists and is available for GA planes now as well, should we be made to buy it since it is something that makes us safer and would be foolish not to use? Even better, lets make all airspace B. The safety level that a deaf pilot flies at is equivalent to the baseline standard that is required for the type of airspace their licenses restricts them to. They're no different than somebody in a vintage plane with vintage equipment. Are you going to require vintage planes to be updated with radio equipment now? They've already paid for their handicap with a restriction on their license for their priveledges. If you futher require them to make use of the radio somehow, even in airspace which does not require its use, then you've gone too far. If you're going to do that, then you should just require radios in all airspace if you feel that the non-requirement of radios is outdated.