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I am sure we have become too reliant on GPS to such an extent that many no longer flight plan but jump in and go.
Of course GPS has massive safety benefits and accuracy which was not around pre GPS.
We had the miracle of RNAV being able to drop a VOR right on your track meant we could fly direct to VORS rather than taking cross cuts to get a position.
Then there was the accuracy problem of VORS at a distance and getting cross cuts off NDB beacons and pure dead reckoning and wind compensation.
Pilots used charts far more and were more aware of where they were.
With GPS and the wonderful displays which go with them I know some who do not even bother with charts anymore! Get up and go!
Decca came out and then GPS. Originally warnings that the USA could switch us down at any time!
Now GPS is everywhere in our cars, on hiking expeditions, on boats and in aircraft.
Even mobile phones can place our position with accuracy.
No excuse to get lost nowadays but no challenge either
Now we have parachutes to lower us to the ground and even a button to recover the aircraft if we loose control.
What next? You want need pilots or not any with any skills just turn up to the airport and let the aircraft take you and yours for a tour of wherever automatically
Pace