411A: I am a bit bemused by your statement:
The only reason that the Europeans have not embraced GPS is the old familiar tune....'not invented here'.
On every aeroplane that I have flown for the last 10 years or so, and they have been both Airbus and Boeing, they have had GPS installed. I fly for a European airline, and I am European. How have we/ I not embraced it?
It is a wonderful tool, and the greatest single improvement to safety in my 34 year flying career.