I flew a friends 32 Saratoga, full Avidyne, full glass cockpit. I flew it because he does not know how to work it, technology overload, and yes, he had been trained. He was basically afraid of it, and gues what, the 500k or whatever asset sits on the ground, 5 years old with a 100 hours on it.
Now, I agree IO that this a seperate debate, and is a very large and complex issue, and has been discussed at length, for years now. However, your assertion that the technology is wonderful, and gets everyone in the place, where the want, at the touch of a button, is NOT backed up statistically - vis a vis incursions, crashes, CFIT - the accident rate appears level, therefore this technology has not increased safety. Of course you now get into the whole debate about traing/spin avoidance/GPS etc etc.
I have over a 1000 hrs in many differing types, and I was not comfortable with the full glass - ok I was not trained on it, but, we still managed with all that technology to go into a Danger Area - and got bollocked
