"This technology enables aircraft to communicate not only with ATC, but also with each other… it was meant for safety…" Source: Fla. State Representative Doug Bankson (R-39) in a satments to the FL House committee that the FAA required ADS-B equipment in 2020 for safety and traffic awareness, but third-party services now use that same data to generate automated invoices that can penalize flight schools and discourage training. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has signed Senate Bill 422, which prohibits airports from using information derived from automatic dependent surveillance broadcast (ADS-B) systems emitted from certain aircraft as a means of collecting fees from owners.
