Yeah I agree - lets get it going asap - beats all of the needle chasing for sure!
But wrt to on-route and NPA, there is a catch. The cost of the average database, updated monthly is about $1200 per year. This will inevitably increase the cost beyond what it was with NDB's, VOR's and DME's - and guess who that gets passed on to.
Now that we can use GPS instead of DME, even on ILS/DME, I hope we are all checking our databases. You know how mean some of these owners can be skimping on updates!