Useless because it&#x27;s billed as stopping terrorists. Let&#x27;s be honest, consider ham radios; the mandated but easily bypassed hardware lockouts are more useful for market segmentation than preventing bad guys from broadcasting on ATC frequencies.<p>So as a convenience feature that told me I the conditions for where I&#x27;m flying, it&#x27;d be great. And then it&#x27;d only need to be 4-nines, and wouldn&#x27;t have to have fail-proof lockouts, etc.<p>But as a major portion of the defense of our air fleet - no. That&#x27;s ridiculous. If we&#x27;re that worried we need to figure out something to actually make us safer, not add another perpetual layer of theater.