I see your side HC, and there is strong logic in most of it. Its your use of arguements inferring that idiots will abuse the system as a reason for rejecting the technology that I was picking on. The rest of it, including your summary above, is generally sound and has spurred along a much needed debate.
Wether or not any new technology is ready for use in any particular operating environment is a subjective (generally) viewpoint that we make based on our eperience and operating environment (culture, terrain, weather, and budget). That will differ across the board, hence some will go for it now even if it is just because it looks good, and some will wait until they feel the system is justified.
The good thing about debating it here is that new ideas surface and are explored, and everyone gets to learn a little bit more about the technology in order to make thier choice have more integrity.
It is clear that you feel it is not ready for the offshore environment. Perhaps you could simplify your reasons why into a wish list for the manufacturers to consider incorporating - because if they dont respond to a reasoned customer wish list they wont sell as many as they could.
Cheers