after reading above, how could a good pilot let their skills diminish to such a point? like i said earlier, my original GPS was very basic, but it served its purpose well, it was cheap $169, 100 or so waypoints. On my usual flight in a piper or Ultralight, i used normal nav techniques, clock, map, ground etc and VOR, NDB etc where equipped. 99% of the time, i used my gps to cross check time to next waypoint, or kept it on the "nearest waypoint" screen. as you were flying along it would give bearing and dist to nearest waypoint, which were all possible alternates programmed in during planning, just in case the engine decided to take lunch break or another emergency occured.
a GPS should just be another tool, not a complete nav package!