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AIN Blog: ADS-B: It’s Herd Immunity
“When everyone is ADS-B-compliant it will truly be a different world," said FAA Administrator Michael Huerta. (Photo: Matt Thurber)
“When everyone is ADS-B-compliant it will truly be a different world," said FAA Administrator Michael Huerta. (Photo: Matt Thurber)

The FAA mandate to equip with ADS-B OUT avionics is coming in fewer than 5.5 years, and many owners and operators are still waiting to upgrade their aircraft, either because they’re hoping prices will drop and technology will improve or they aren’t sure they’ll be keeping their aircraft beyond the deadline.

While the FAA and industry keep talking about the Jan. 1, 2020 deadline, I’m going to change that slightly because 2020 seems like a long way away. If the deadline is written as “midnight Dec. 31, 2019,” then it seems closer, and maybe that will galvanize people into action.

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