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Partly because such events are so rare that such complexity wasn't even considered necessary. It would be designing for the literal one-in-100-million case. An
by dingaling 8y ago
Partly because such events are so rare that such complexity wasn't even considered necessary. It would be designing for the literal one-in-100-million case.
And partly because they already transmit ACARS, CPDLC and ADS-B over VHF SATCOM[0]. Why mesh when you can upload directly into the network and settle the bills cleanly with SITA.
[0] and also CPDLC over HF