Snowbird writes:

That's your opinion then. I can speak from my own experience, I've been in
that situation a few times and the magnetic compass has been a great help.

In a jet airliner? (That was the aircraft being discussed.)

I'll grant that it would be okay in a tiny aircraft with just you as
passenger. It would be as bad as nothing at all in the case of a large
airliner with hundreds of people aboard.

Of course without training and practical experience in using the magnetic
compass, its value is limited. But using it happens to be included in the
pilot's license curriculum, and for a reason.

How often do pilots practice flying with just a compass once they've obtained
their licenses?

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