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Old Feb 3, 2025 | 6:34 am
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Originally Posted by FS_FRA
That's a pity - would have been a unique opportunity with Starlink for LH to once again be leading in something, instead of running after the consumers, deciding on the most complicated, consensus-driven solution (or is it consultant-driven?), then finding out that it's an order of magnitude worse than what everyone else is now doing, "...but we're stuck with the CAPEX" and "don't change horses in the middle of the race"..... or something like that.
EAN was agreed upon in 2019, the installation stalled in 2020 with the pandemic. EAN is also pretty innovative, it goes away from the traditional satellite based system to a hybrid system. https://www.europeanaviationnetwork.com/en/index.html
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