Originally Posted by
TyWebb
Wow, don't know where guages came from in my post.. gauges for crying out loud. But thank you both above for your premature judgment. I've flown steam gAUges twice as much as a glass cockpit, so please take your lecture somewhere else. In fact, until recently I've never flown GPS at all. So go on about using ILS/DME, VOR's some more.. hell I want to hear more about NDB approaches and holding while you're at it.
I asked the question I did because Ameriflight, and many of the smaller part 135 cargo, have been known to pressure their pilots into some shady weather (All hearsay). If so, I would want every system I have available to me and the reason I asked if the company has GPS in their aircraft. Single pilot IFR in bad weather, I'll take the additional LPV approaches that would be available, instead of being one dimensional by relying on the ILS or a VOR/DME to get you to lower minimums.
A large number of our aircraft have GPS installed. All of our E120s, most of our BE99s, a good number of our 1900 and some of our metros are equipped with GPS. And we are continuing to update our aircraft as the schedule allows.
As for "pressuring pilots" into tough weather situations, I will admit that has happened in the past. Currently though, if any pilot feels he is being pressured, they can contact the "Chief Pilot on Call" to resolve the situation.