Originally Posted by
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However, I think on the ER I'd preferred to see all of the aircraft equipped with GPS so I wouldn't have to be on a track in a 75ER with 0 offset and watch everyone pass a mile or so off our left side. I got passed a lot off my left with 0 offset. Something isn't right there. And every damn one of those planes should have satcom. Given the company won't do that, and I'm assuming it hasn't been done in the last few months, I doubt EFBs are of any concern.
Sometimes not being on the exact same line as another airplane (even if due to nav inaccuracy) can be a blessing. Big Sky theory kind of went away with GPS on the tracks. I never really enjoy going beak to beak with a 747 over the middle of the ocean - seems silly. Thousands of miles of oceanic airspace and here we are, fuselages aligned exactly in the horizontal, and separated vertically by a 1000 feet. But at least, without anyone watching on radar, we have a trusty HF radio to confirm the altitude clearance. What could possibly go wrong?