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[Liquid Charlie]

Yes that's me using an acronym  >:D  but every one knows that one.


  OK GPS has been around now for about 25 years+ and for some reason TC still treats it as pure fucking magic. I am having a very difficult time figuring out why. GPS units are less complicated than today's "smart" phones and there is no difference in flying the aircraft. Centre a cpl needles and bob's your uncle. No skill or intuition required, the runway is always there, winds figured out for you yet TC seem to elevate GPS to mystical heights. It's so common place now that every one does approaches and navigation. It would likely make more sense to require pilots to be endorsed to do NDB approaches. Changes to regulations are painfully slow, the system is broken just look at all the time passing on the FDT regs. The americans passed new legislation from start to finish in just over a year. It seems that there is far too much lobby going on from the commercial side and it trumps safety, logic and common sense. No wonder areas of canadian aviation is still in the dark ages.

[Trey Kule]

First of all, I take great offence at the suggestion that parts of Canadian aviation are in the dark ages.

Now,  what is this GPS thing you speak of?

[ScudRunner-d95]

Nevermind the fact you can buy an Ipad load it with an App and have just as good of  panel if not better than most planes flying out there today.

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