IFR with a VFR GPS

"Ron Garret" wrote in message
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Oh, Jose, you're giving up too easily!

One of the (many) risks of UAHGPSFIFRENIUSCAS (you figure it out) is
that a pilot might become complacent about using his primary navaids,
particularly off-airways since the constant VOR twiddling required for
off-airway navigation is such a pain in the ass and the use of the GPS
is so effortless and (almost invariably) reliable.


But off-airways flight doesn't require any VOR twiddling. You don't have to
monitor your position with any other navaids if you don't want to. You can
rely on ATC for radar monitoring and, if necessary, course guidance.

You say there are many risks in UAHGPSFIFRENIUSCAS. Could you please
identify some of them? Even one would be nice, I've been asking this
question for nearly ten years now and nobody has identified one yet.



Yes, complacency is a form of incompetence. But that does make it any
less of a risk. Pilot complacency, in all its many manifestations, is a
widely recognized risk. Furthermore (and this is the important part)
this particular form of complacency CANNOT MANIFEST ITSELF EXCEPT WHEN A
HANDHELD GPS IS IN USE. That makes it reasonable to assign at least
part of the causality to the use of the GPS.


Why can't that particular form of complacency manifest itself when on a
long-range vector?