> Fact of the matter is most of us hate using VORs anyway
This is partly UX and doesn't have to be like this. Cockpit systems could make this a lot easier to select VORs and radials without having to manually keep track of frequencies.
After all a successful GPS fix is impossible to accomplish by a human given the raw receive data, which is why it's all automated inside the receiver. We can optimize the hell out of VORs as well. And only people flying ancient aircraft still have to do the thing.
In fact it probably would be great to add some optional authentication signal to it, as even a VOR can be prone to jamming or spoofing.
This is partly UX and doesn't have to be like this. Cockpit systems could make this a lot easier to select VORs and radials without having to manually keep track of frequencies.
After all a successful GPS fix is impossible to accomplish by a human given the raw receive data, which is why it's all automated inside the receiver. We can optimize the hell out of VORs as well. And only people flying ancient aircraft still have to do the thing.
In fact it probably would be great to add some optional authentication signal to it, as even a VOR can be prone to jamming or spoofing.