Apparently in Europe, they're starting to have transponders downlink data to ATC in real time. Indicated airspeed, heading, selected altitude, etc... so that the air traffic controllers can see if we're correctly complying with their instructions. All with no interaction from the pilot.
Personally, this freaks me out. Is there any chance of this coming to North America? It seems like it could cause every single one of us to get multiple pilot deviations on our records unless we have some sort of protection.
http://www.alpa.org/DesktopModules/...spx?itemid=10527&ModuleId=4755&Tabid=256#jump
Personally, this freaks me out. Is there any chance of this coming to North America? It seems like it could cause every single one of us to get multiple pilot deviations on our records unless we have some sort of protection.
http://www.alpa.org/DesktopModules/...spx?itemid=10527&ModuleId=4755&Tabid=256#jump