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Old 06-25-2012 | 09:17 AM
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Originally Posted by rickair7777
While the tech can enhance safety, I suspect the complacency it generates in the PPL crowd probably offsets the potential benefits to be gained.

I'm pretty sure we're on the same page, but I'd suggest that tech can only improve situational awareness, and safety only when that SA is interpreted correctly. My fear is that tech has become a crutch for sound aeronautical descision making. All that technology without the ability to interpret what it's telling only makes for a more expensive smoking hole.
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