Sciolistes:
You're not alone, where were you when I was embroiled
in this debate? Huh?
Sorry! Some people are just dead unreliable!
I had a friend in my Auster days who got a job as an airline pilot after being in the air force and he had great fun doing VFR stuff in an A320 - apparently lots of non-precision approaches in the eastern Mediterranean!
I agree with your position - quoted below with the additional bolded text from me:
GPS is great. But for people to suggest that one would be mad not to use it is way off the mark. There is no reason why one can't maintain a traffic watch and situation awareness regardless of which properly implemented nav technique you use
Cheers!