At 2:14 PM 3/4/96 -0500, jf_avon@citenet.net (Jean-Francois Avon (JFA Technologies, QC, wrote:

The transponder analogy might not be very accurate.

When you fly in a controled airspace, the *controller* asks you to dial in certain digits on the transponder.

The analogy may be reaching its elastic limit although you can use those transponder codes when flying VFR, not in radio contact. What I really wanted to suggest is that we try to design (when we can) to minimize the possibility of bad things happening to people who use duress codes. Regards - Bill ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Bill Frantz | The CDA means | Periwinkle -- Computer Consulting (408)356-8506 | lost jobs and | 16345 Englewood Ave. frantz@netcom.com | dead teenagers | Los Gatos, CA 95032, USA