On Mar 31, 8:18 pm, buttman wrote:
On Mar 30, 8:01 pm, Dan wrote:



I guess it's here -- a whole generation of pilots following magenta
lines

Whats the difference between following a magenta line on a GPS screen,
as opposed to a white needle on a CDI or a yellow needle on a HSI?

who will now be looking to fly through green and avoid the red
and yellow.

So, without onboard weather, you're not trying to avoid red and yellow
weather spots? Before XM weather and the kind, you had to tediously
transcribe information from airborne FSS weather breifings, HIWAS,
etc. onto a map or your head or whatever to determine where adverse
weather was. Now all the busy work is removed, so all you have to do
is look at the screen and it's all there. The flying is all the same.
Your weather avoidance piloting techniques are exactly the same. It's
just that information you use comes to you more efficiently.

I hope to God and the FAA you are not really a CFI...

For the sake of anyone unlucky enough to share a cockpit with you.


Dan Mc