On 8/15/2007 10:50:44 AM, Andrew Gideon wrote:

Several members of my club (not a majority, but...) have expressed a
disinterest in WAAS. Admittedly, some of these are not IFR fliers. But
I'm at something of a loss to "sell" this upgrade.

To a casual IFR pilot (one who uses it to fly to a $100 hamburger airport) or
a VFR pilot, I don't necessarily see the value in the upgrade.

For those of us who fly hard IFR in areas of the US where hard IFR is
possible without thunderstorms or heavy ice, the upgrade and the cost thereof
is much more justifiable. In my case, I fly for Angel Flight Northeast to all
kinds of airports when I am not commuting with my aircraft weekly for
business, so having the glideslope feature for either an LPV approach or even
a non-precision GPS approach adds an unquantifiable level of safety to the
flight.

--
Peter