VORTIME,
couldn't agree with you more. It is excellent.
Slim slag,
If VFR pilots are encouraged to look out the window, then why have a GPS? Oh... yeah, they also look inside too.
I think you missed my point. The GPS is fantastic however, I don't want my basic IR or even VFR skills to deteriorate because I use a GPS.
If people aren't looking at a chart untill they get into the aircraft, why? What's wrong with their airmanship? We are taught to plan a flight. Why do some folk forget that after their licence and rely solely on an electronic box that will take you directly to where you told it to go. (Whether it's right or wrong)
Has the incidence of inadvertant CTA penetrations increased? If so, is it the over reliance on the "GO TO" button?
Don't get me wrong, I much prefer the accuracy and ease of the GPS. However, it's use shouldn't be instead of planning.