Common GPS Could Help Better Track Airline Flights

All commercial planes have modern GPS and use it for navigation, combined with internal navigation systems. The issue is not having a way to transmit those coordinates during transoceanic routes. Southwest and many other airlines have that ability mainly because their routes are concentrated over the continental US. Your Blackberry might know where it's at if you were floating on a raft in the middle of the Atlantic, but try calling someone to tell them where you’re at when you run out of sunscreen, when the closest cell tower is in Morocco. Do some research before you write an article, call a pilot, check Google. The technology exists, don’t complain when ticket prices go up to pay for it….

Pisse Dreader of CA 2:16PM June 04, 2009