"Gerald Sylvester" wrote in message
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But chewing up TONS of radio time becomes a problem for all aircraft.


Nudging aircraft back on course is done all the time, it doesn't chew up
TONS of radio time.



On another thread, you argued that saying the extra zero for runway
zero-nine takes up time.


I said that in response to someone that said saying the extra zero takes
little time. But I didn't say the extra zero should be avoided in order to
save time, I said it should be avoided because it is a source for potential
confusion. The time saved is a small bonus.



Now we're talking about taking up probably
minutes of time.


No we're not, we're talking about a few seconds. Aircraft wander off course
from time to time and have been doing so since long before there was GPS.



that I see as a problem especially if the controller
then gives a clearance direct to a VOR/NDB that is not within range or
is not in the database. That chews up serious amounts of more airtime.


No, it doesn't. Where do you get these ideas?



I've read many reports of controllers getting ****ed at pilots for
not having waypoints in their certified GPS.


Cite some of them.



I can only imagine
what happens when pilot has nothing in their "database" other than a few
points.


How is that pertinent to this discussion?



For the pilot with the VFR GPS, your primary navigation
becomes radar vectors.


How so?



I'd rather know where I am at ALL time rather
than depending on a controller.


Do you fly IFR with nothing but a GPS on board?



I know of one pilot getting RV in IMC,
controller forgot about him and augered it in (CFIT).


Did that pilot have no nav radios on board?



I can definitely see how a VFR GPS is useful when flying enroute and VMC
with loads of VOR's for use as a backup (err, primary navigation). To do
it, single pilot, in IMC, just has many single point failures or
where you have backups but requires a lot of work to get positively
established/stabilized again.


So you're saying that having a GPS on board in IMC creates excessive
workload on the pilot and adds many points of failure. I think most pilots
would disagree with you, but no matter, your "problem" is remedied by simply
not having the GPS on board.