Hello Max,
Yes, really!
I thought this was a "private flying" spot in PPRUNE. I give the position from the prespective of a Day VFR SEP pilot, outside of controlled airspace for the most part.
I really find it hard to believe that you think that maintaining situational awareness for people like me requires GPS.
For you, professional pilot, of course. You have considerations like BRNAV, PRNAV, RNPx as well as company motivations like productivity.
Me, pleasure pliot, I can be as inefficient as I like! And, I maintain that I'm sure I can maintain situational awareness without GPS.
This does not mean that GPS is no good, that nobody should use GPS or that I don't like GPS.
And about these TCAS events. Were these TAs or RAs? Were they VFR traffic infringing controlled airspace or traffic in the open FIR? And how would GPS have helped the situation?
Why so much emotion?