AirNav Bug Fixing Started?

[Anmer]

From the beta testing I've been doing, I would say 70% is a fair assessment of the work completed.

On that basis, we can expect a release of Version 4.04 in about 15 months time, say March 2014?

If I were a beta tester, I don't think I'd be willing to test something that's only 70% complete.

But this misses the real point.  AirNav continues to pump out misleading statements and broken promises and appears to care not a jot about those of us who've bought an expensive receiver that hasn't had a software update for three years.  Instead we're supposed to have an orgasm when RadarBox24 is announced.

[Anmer]

Here's a classic example of Brandao double speak.

15th December 2012:

We are a little delayed with the latest improvements to the RadarBox Windows client software. We could say 70% of the work is finished now. We had to put the work on stby due to other priorities during the last 3 weeks but the good news is that we are resuming work today.

16th December 2012

We are just finishing some pending items and we will resume work on ANRB4.04 right after that.

You can't trust anything he says.

http://www.airnavsystems.com/forum/index.php?topic=7206.msg87068#msg87068

[Sun Worshipper]

The problem with liars is that they tell so many it's hard even for them to differentiate between the lies and the truth.

I'll bet all the girls believe Brandao when he tells them he's a pilot!

[Anmer]

I'll bet all the girls believe Brandao when he tells them he's a pilot!

[Anmer]

As a RadarBox "owner" who has been banned from posting on the AirNav forum for no other reason that being a member of another forum, I'd like to respond to Runway 31's post below:

"Unfortunately there are some people on here for whatever reason who only want to moan, bitch and complain and dont contribute to the forum in any other way.  Its the one thing you can count on that out of the thousands of forum member the same four or five stick out like a sore thumb bitching and taking words out of context as in this thread, seemingly having to seek arguments and sow discontent for their own enjoyment."

http://www.airnavsystems.com/forum/index.php?topic=7206.msg87159#msg87159

Let's put things in a proper context.

Since I joined the AirNav forum I and many others have had posts deleted and been banned simply because we criticised AirNav or mentioned a competitor product.  And I've received abusive and threatening emails from Andre Brandao, AirNav's part-time CEO and chief programmer and Mark Francis of Waters & Stanton, AirNav's distributor.

And in that time I've seen a dramatic decline in members posting on the AirNav forum.  I can count on two hands those who post regularly.  If we ignore the "Database updates", the place is a ghost town.

From where I sit, I see the same handful of sycophants defending the indefensible.  I can only assume they get free RadarBox, ShipTrax receivers and network sharing for their pains.

But let's focus on the bottom line and reiterate the basic issues that RadarBox owners "moan, bitch and complain" about:

1. There's not been an update of the RadarBox software for over three years.

2. AirNav keeps telling us "it won't be long" and "we'll be amazed", yet nothing appears. 

3. AirNav post reassuring statements that it contradicts a few days later.  I don't trust  AirNav with ample justification.

4. The RadarBox has some good features but it also has outstanding bugs that should have been fixed years ago.

5. AirNav steals our data without our express permission.  It's theft pure and simple and has ignored requests to change the data sharing default from "On" to "Off".  Just so it can sell our data.

6. AirNav is only interested in new revenue and not existing customers.  For the past 3 years it blamed ShipTrax and now it's RadarBox24.com.  ShipTrax was a total failure funded by RadarBox owners.  I suspect RadarBox24 will go the same way.

7. The RadarBox receiver is prone to component failure, even after it's been repaired.

8. We were promised Mlat years ago.  Has anyone seen it?

It's quite simple Runway 31.  We have every reason to "moan, bitch and complain".

Perhaps you should stand back and look around.  Or maybe my "barrell of pig muck" analogy applies?

[Sun Worshipper]

"Unfortunately there are some people on here for whatever reason who only want to moan, bitch and complain and dont contribute to the forum in any other way.  Its the one thing you can count on that out of the thousands of forum member the same four or five stick out like a sore thumb bitching and taking words out of context as in this thread, seemingly having to seek arguments and sow discontent for their own enjoyment."

To the author of this drivel may I politely suggests he puts his head back up Brandaos a$$ and keeps his fingers away from a keyboard in future.

The last post sums up quite succinctly what our "moans, bitches and compalints" are and we have been ignored even though they are all justified.

[birdie]

05 October 2012 AirNav Support

4.04 is being tested by certain users at the moment regarding the equator bug, this is a serious bug and we are rectify the issues being found by those customers first and then moving on to the others. We will provide more details when we have them in terms of dates. Rest assured we are doing our best to rectify this situation.

I was the user who complained about not seeing any Tracked plane between 5 Deg N to 5 Deg S.