Originally Posted by
CAirBear
I find it extremely interesting they are going to begin to install ADS-B receivers for our planes. This is required by 2020, at the absolute latest, as part of the NextGen ATC system. If you had zero chance of flying any of these past 2018 *** would you even bother doing this? That would make absolutely no sense at all.
I don't think ADS-B installation is going to happen any time soon... it's not like they can just slap a Garmin transponder or two into the plane and call it done (well, they probably can but it's not an elegant solution). I believe the first STCs for the Challenger/CRJ series is just hitting the streets now, so the company will probably know what the future holds right about when it'll be action time to install ADS-B gear.