"coz the FTDK has only one noise up front. Law of averages and all that"
OK Wiz, that's a whole other debate.
Personally I would rather be a A100 in the soup, with the radius of action that gives me than at A010 below the overcast.
I have a GPS driven moving map with detailed terrain to help me find a place to park.
I have now flown >80,000 nm in the FTDK. What's the chance of the donk crapping itself in the next 500?
Dr