GS wrote:

would kill them if something happened. For comparison,
I have heard (no idea the complete accuracy) that a
major jet engine manufacturer who also makes medical equipment
got out of the medical linear accelerator market due to the
potential for being liable for an accident.

Who could that be, other than GE. ;-)

I think the gentlemen that started this thread doesn't quite understand
how and why IFR units have their limitations.

I can cut-and-paste user waypoints from "wherever" to my *VFR* Garmin
296 via MapSource and a USB cable.