IO540
Your post about anoraks is amusing.. and true I agree that regulatory authorities are very slow to grasp new technology.
One major issue is the use of GPS navigation and approaches although the CAA are running some trials at the moment its very slow in coming...
NDBs are being swithched off stateside and GPS is seen as the way forward
Joe Public is becoming unimpressed with the archaic technology used in aviation - he will be guided precisely up the road to the flying school in his car by GPS and then be taught about whizz wheels and NDBs for navigation - its a quaint old world we live in isnt it?