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They simply won't turn their GPS on.
by simonswords82 7y ago
They simply won't turn their GPS on.
- mc32 7y agoWon’t they have to before takeoff? Or will that not be a requirement?
- ssully 7y agoThe people doing illegal activity with planes don't care about requirements or are paying people to overlook them ignoring the requirements.
- jellicle 7y agoDrug smuggling planes might not be in full compliance with every single regulation.
- sgc 7y agoIt will probably be easier to spot them, since very few planes will show up on radar and not on the GPS system. It might be enough to go take a visual immediately once this is fully online.
- lozaning 7y agoI thought the way that they historically avoided detection was to quite literally fly below the radar. Wouldn't that still work with this new system, they just wont show up anywhere?
- sgc 7y agoThat is one way, but sometimes they do show up / try to mimic other traffic / etc. That part of things would be reduced.
- beerandt 7y agoThere are lots of other ways it's being monitored. But as for the flying below the radar, there are these along the southern border and Gulf of Mexico: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tethered_Aerostat_Radar_System https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tethered_Aerostat_Radar_Syst...
- simonswords82 7y agoThey'll ignore the rules as I'm sure they already do. As you'll see from the various documentaries, historically planes operating illegally and/or doing illegal things will fly "under the radar" and keep their transponder turned off to evade the authorities. They'll do the same thing with GPS.
- sokoloff 7y agoThe overwhelming majority of airspace under 10K feet in the US does not require ADS-B out. https://www.faa.gov/nextgen/equipadsb/research/airspace/ https://www.faa.gov/nextgen/equipadsb/research/airspace/