Folks,
You all really know what Dick is getting at, that "CASA" actively discourage the use of some of the features of GARMIN (and some others) that internally enables the generation of a VNAV path, by whatever name.
Of course, we (I hope) understand that you have to monitor and fly the printed letdown, as designed. Which I hope you would (monitor, that is) be doing even if you had a baro-VNAV or SBAS/GBAS VNAV procedure available.
What gets me ( I don't know if Dick is even aware) but a coterie of FOIs "very very actively" discourage, all on the basis of "unapproved", but in reality, in my opinion, because they have nil/little actual real time knowledge and experience with what is on the market, and what so many are using in the real world.
Tootle pip!!