I've used radar mapping to assist me to steer clear of the big stuff in the old days getting in to Aspen, CO., but I didn't try to use it to determine my position in the first place!
I think
ampan and
framer have it correct,
Dozy, I think your opinions are off the mark, as pilots we are responsible to formulate a plan of action based on very conservative, and sound judgement.
Formulating a plan based on a lot of assumptions is never good, and only gets worse, whether the company gave him the wrong coordinates on the last fix, or whether the NAV system had a flaw, it was Captain Collins responsibility to know exactly where he was before he began his scud running mission, I'm signing off of this thread, I enjoyed the civilized discussion.
