Where there are a lot of repeats (read "traffic") in similiar circumstances,
particularly heavy iron traffic) the kinks usually get worked out. Not so for
light G/A ops..sadly.

I have a feeling there may be something else at play here. The GPS
should have a mode similar to "suspend", which would allow you to do
"whatever you want" in the middle of an approach, and then gracefully
come back to it. But approaches aren't supposed to work that way, so
getting the FAA to approve a device that lets the user do stuff he's not
supposed to do in the first place is not likely to happen. (I recall
the flap about the FAA requiring that sferics devices NOT link to the
moving map display).

So, the devices are designed to only work when rules are followed, so
the devices enforce the rules on us. But the controllers aren't using
those devices and are free of the tyranny of [that particular] machine.

It is happening in many walks of life, aviation being only one of them.

Jose
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