Looking out of the window while VFR?

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Win?

Chuck Ellsworth:

I should know better than get into these discussions for the simple reason it is a no win waste of time.

What are you trying to win, Chuck?

Is it, in your opinion, indispensable (as in crucial and fundamental) to have and use a GPS for VFR navigation? It seems to be the case. Is it, in the opinion of any civil aviation authority in the world, a prerequisite for safe VFR navigation? Not so far as I know.

Have you, in an articulate manner, explained why I (I don’t want to speak for anyone else here) should, without any justification and against the feelings/knowledge/experience of all the civil aviation authorities of the world, adopt your position?

Or, have you said that someone who doesn’t adopt your position is lacking in airmanship, is stuck in the days of the horse and buggy, is a horse that is taken to the water that won’t drink, is someone who knows everything, has an interesting attitude for a pilot… amongst other things?

Would you consider that name-calling like this is the manifestation of someone who has more experience and knowledge than all of the civil aviation authorities of the world put together? Now, if I were to try your tactics on you, what would be your feelings? What would be your opinion of the intellectual capability of someone who resorted to these tactics?