Cal Goat
Prestige Worldwide™
At the same time though, I think the 6 pack breeds better instrument pilots, because 6 pack instrument pilots are forced to put more of the "big picture" into their head while the G1000 has it all there on a 10.5" moving map on one screen, and a 10.5" attitude indicator behind your airspeed, altimeter, and HSI on the other...
I don't think "forcing" a pilot to do more mental work necessarily makes them better at instrument flying. Situational awareness can still be surprisingly degraded in the glass cockpit if you don't use the information correctly or efficiently. But presenting that information in a more accessible way is what makes the glass cockpit the better option. That's why they've been on airplanes that move lots of people for decades now and certain freight operators have stayed analog- when the value of the payload is human life, the preferred option is digital instruments.