I can understand the usefulness of all the old tools that we used to use. I even remember procedural area control....ah the cowsheds at the old college of knowledge....but with the advent of all the new tools like Mode S and good reliable SSR, maybe its not as important now in these here parts. Lets face it given the choice of a nice clean vector for an ILS or working your nads off for a SRA or PAR that has higher minima which would you prefer? Yes there's a lot of satisafaction in doing it the old way, but time moves on.
Wouldn't like to speak for the less developed areas of the world though...