Ha BEagle
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I think these 'anti GPS' pilots you keep going on about are a figment of your imagination. Lots of people use GPS in a different way than you, that doesn't mean they are wrong. Some of the best pilots I know don't tend to leave the local area. Firstly because their planes don't carry enough fuel to go more than 100 miles, secondly they find cross country flying exceedingly boring. Most will have a GPS in their flightbag (one of those hand helds you treat with such contempt)
Wasn't there a study done using 737s which looked at the amount of time pilots spent looking outside during various phases of flight. A comparison was made between 737s with traditional instruments and the variant with a highly computerised flight deck. During the approach and landing phase the pilots on the computerised model spent more time head-in-cockpit as they were spending more time managing the electronics. I'm not saying it proves anything, and I'm sure the engineers took this on board and looked at improving the computers, but interesting stuff.