Originally Posted by
Nevets
Are you talking about the Instrument Flying Handbook? That's in plain English. Or are you talking about the TERPS, whose audience is approach designers? I should have complained to the FAA to get out of the tele-type era and be done with the onerous NOTAM system. Why do you ask?
Neither.
FAA Instrument Procedures Handbook - MyPilotStore.com
I'm asking because your argument is ridiculous. Sure the flying was easier back when everything was VFR. Heck, there were old timers who were confused clueless when we first got RJs with FMS. Same thing with line bidding vs. PBS (any PBS system). Putting line bid may be easier. But once you learn a PBS system, it's not any harder. It may even be easier. You have to invest time to learn new way of doing things to make your life easier. Your argument sounds awful a lot like an old pilot at an EAA Saturday breakfast who says "I never bothered with that instrument stuff. Too much stuff to learn."