Originally Posted by
chazbird
Cargo carriers were exempt from TCAS too...(at least at the beginning). You see, people don't ride on cargo planes.
In th 70's a cargo DC-8 crashed after takeoff out of SLC. News paper report (AP actually) said "There were no people on board".
What you fail to understand is this is political. Nothing more. The cargo companys spent enough money to special interest groups to get themselves excluded.