What if a technology designed to save lives quietly became a tool to collect money? Louisiana has just taken a stand—and the rest of the aviation world should be paying attention. For years, ADS-B has been promoted as one of the biggest advances in aviation safety. It allows aircraft to broadcast their precise position, altitude, speed, and direction, giving pilots and air traffic controllers far better situational awareness. It is a safety tool—not a luxury. Now, there is some encouraging news from the United States. Louisiana has officially become the third U.S. state to ban the use of ADS-B flight data for billing aircraft owners. The move follows similar legislation in North Dakota and Montana. The concern is simple: ADS-B was introduced to improve safety, but in some places the same data has started being used to generate landing or airport fees. Many pilots and aviation organizations, including the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA), have argued that this creates the w...
Often there is little connection between eating out and eating healthy. When we are going for taste and searching for the best option, we will have to compromise with healthy food. Momos, spring rolls, fried rice, burger, patties, noodles, and the list goes on. The majority of the restaurants are providing taste. Even we as customers are attracted towards a restaurant that has the best taste. Few days back, me and three of my family members were out for lunch, but our priority was to eat tasty food and eat healthy. After juggling through numerous options, my wife suggested a restaurant that serves tikki made of millets. This was a new thing and to our knowledge there is only one restaurant that is serving this. Good thing was, my wife forgot the name of the restaurant which serves this dish. The only thing she remembered was that it is somewhere in sector 35 of Chandigarh. Well, it was already 2 pm and everyone was starving and no one had the patience to search through the entire secto...