Originally Posted by
Gertrude the Wombat
The G1000 does that.
It screams at you if you're ten minutes away from busting airspace.
Which means that over southern England it's pretty well always screaming at you.
Which means I ignore it.
Useful, eh?
I think you rather made my point. If the G 1000 is screaming at you then it is not set up properly. It is an extremely capable unit but there is a bit of an art getting it set to give you the right amount of the right kind of information at the right time.
To properly use the G 1000 system you need to be properly taught by some one who is not only technically smart but operationally smart too, so that the unit works for you, not the other way around.
Finally the G 1000 is an FMS optimized for IFR flight. It is not the best tool for VFR low level flying, one of the tablet apps is much better for this application.
Again this speaks to understanding the capabilities as well as the
limitations of GPS navigators, something you could start to get in ab initio, but won't, thanks to institutional inertia and the over supply of Luddites in the training system.
