QDM,
I agree and disagree.
I am glad I never had a GPS at the time. I was a newly qualified pilot on his first proper flight. I got caught in a bad situation and managed to get out of it with the help of Teeside and my training. Having done that i am happy in the knowledge that i can do it (even under pressure) without a GPS.
I think it is to easy for people to get hold of a GPS and rely on that...you even see people in cars doing. I mean see the news the other day. A coach driver apperntly ended up in a field (literlaly) because a GPS told him to turn..i must admit that is extreme and the driver must have been a right spaz to have turned in to a field, but it does go to show people really do rely on them.
How many newly qualifed pilots actualy fly without a GPS anyway?