Originally Posted by
jonkster
I do get worried when I hear of pilots starting off (and finishing off) their nav training solely using an EFB rather than basic navigation principles.
I would still say I want them to have solid DR training though and would not sacrifice that.
Without wanting to sound like a smartasre, could you explain why you feel this way?
I am on the opposite end of the spectrum, and consider things like the whiz-wheel and paper charts a legacy-style of navigation that doesn't really have a place in the modern cockpit.
Can I use them? Certainly.
Could I use them if all that fancy tech goes dark Certainly.
Do I? Not at all.
The use of a sextant and tables are long gone, because technology overtook them, the same can be said of paper charts and DR-style navigation. But I feel too many people worry about the sky falling if you lose GPS reception. The chance of that happening on multiple devices simultaneously is
extremely remote.