Originally Posted by
Vilters
The problem being ; We feel too safe when flying GPS.
In the past we stopped flying because we had no visibility to navigate. Now GPS tells us position and more. We don't "care" so much about the weather as we did in the past.
That is exactly analogous to the amateur yotty community. GPS encourage you to 'go to' a point without paying attention even to where the rhumb line will take you, never mind where your actual ground track might go. When GPS without plotters first came into use there was a spate of boats hitting rocks which is closely analogous to aircraft hitting terrain.
(in a sense, boats are always in IMC! They are always flying just on top of solid overcast!)