Andy, what concerns me is the substitution of technology for airmanship. I already see it on the water - substituting gps for seamanship. I'm concerned about how to integrate a glass cockpit with sound VFR practices. I'm not sure what to do with the welter of info a glass cockpit provides and the temptation to take shortcuts for example. (study 'risk shifting')
I also wonder if training syllabi should take account of new technologies. we touched on this issue with a thread discussing if VFR students should be given actual controlled experience of VFR into IMC conditions. And as look left suggests, hand flying in marginal conditions. maybe that might serve as a warning against pressing on, relying on glass to keep you safe.