@jeffwise : Inmarsat stored the BFO/BTO data "in case one day it comes in handy". What always bothered me: Do you know, why they didn't (also) store the aircraft location (GPS data as transmitted by the plane) ?? This certainly could "come in handy one day", too. And arguable much more likely so.
I understand that MAS didn't subscribe to the more expensive satellite data service, which provides location data *TO THE AIRLINES*.
But I don't really understand, why Inmarsat doesn't *INTERNALLY* store the location data for *ALL AIRLINES* (without providing this data to airlines which only subscribe to the cheaper service) – with the same argument as for BTO/BFO: namely that "this might come in handy" ??
Do you know the reason ?
Or if not, do you have a hunch for what the reason could be ?
My hunch would be that the GPS data is just that -- data -- that belongs to the customer and so would not be recorded by Inmarsat. BFO and BTO are metadata generated by the functioning of the network itself, so belong to Inmarsat and are stored by the company in order to help manage the operation of the network.
@jeffwise : Inmarsat stored the BFO/BTO data "in case one day it comes in handy". What always bothered me: Do you know, why they didn't (also) store the aircraft location (GPS data as transmitted by the plane) ?? This certainly could "come in handy one day", too. And arguable much more likely so.
I understand that MAS didn't subscribe to the more expensive satellite data service, which provides location data *TO THE AIRLINES*.
But I don't really understand, why Inmarsat doesn't *INTERNALLY* store the location data for *ALL AIRLINES* (without providing this data to airlines which only subscribe to the cheaper service) – with the same argument as for BTO/BFO: namely that "this might come in handy" ??
Do you know the reason ?
Or if not, do you have a hunch for what the reason could be ?
My hunch would be that the GPS data is just that -- data -- that belongs to the customer and so would not be recorded by Inmarsat. BFO and BTO are metadata generated by the functioning of the network itself, so belong to Inmarsat and are stored by the company in order to help manage the operation of the network.