Of course it benefits, Chookchocker. Just like dropping the speed limit on the open road to 80kmph would benefit the road toll.
Dick is basing inflicting millions of extra dollars cost on ALL IFR operations on one prang, over a decade ago, where a dodgy GPS in a non-RPT aircraft took the crew off track. How about banning the GPS system that was used (as also happened in a Dash 8)? No, let's use that incident as justification for imposing his nirvana, Class E, everywhere.
As for the fellow from the USA, guess what? Other people around the world can do things differently. Remember seat belts? Remember Alt/Distance tables on approach charts?
Last edited by Capn Bloggs; 11th Jul 2015 at 11:27.