FAA dragging its feet on ADS-B equipage fund
Unsure of the benefits–and awaiting subsidies–many users have delayed equipage, pointing to a scramble to equip before the 2020 deadline.

A June 11 Congressional House hearing on the FAA’s “2020 NextGen Mandate: Benefits and Challenges for General Aviation” reviewed the agency’s requirement that all U.S. civil aircraft carry ADS-B out units by Jan. 1, 2020, along with the vexing–to the FAA, at least–issue that aircraft owners are not rushing out to install them.