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Except that is also the same airspace where ATC doesn't have to see you. You don't even need a transponder to fly in those areas.
by lutorm 7y ago
Except that is also the same airspace where ATC doesn't have to see you. You don't even need a transponder to fly in those areas.
- danaliv 7y agoIt’s not just about seeing you, it’s about seeing everyone around you too. ATC’s job is to separate aircraft and they can’t do that if they can’t see non-ADS-B aircraft. In fact just today I overheard an approach controller vector an American Airlines jet around VFR traffic at 1700’. That VFR traffic was in “non-rule” airspace, where ADS-B isn’t required. (I saw the jet and the VFR traffic from my cockpit.) They won’t be able to do that without radar.