Do you, Chilli and IO540 not agree that using a Garmin 296 for avoiding obstructions is rather more dangerous than not having one at all?
I agree totally with that. If you don't have EGPWS then safety altitude is calculated by proper pre-flight planning and you don't bust MSA under any circumstances. Possession of a GPS and using the terrain mapping on it as some form of terrain avoidance equipment is lunacy in my opinion.
But that's not the statement that's caused a lot of the comments about GPS - is it 