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I have no intention of commercial flying, though I can feel the pain of commerical pilots suffering from ADD. Ironically, the only time I am not able to "not co

by psyman 4y ago

I have no intention of commercial flying, though I can feel the pain of commerical pilots suffering from ADD. Ironically, the only time I am not able to "not concentrate" is when I'm flying the plane, as flying requires a state of constant change of focus, i.e. radios...instruments...see and avoid...controls...ipad...etc

falcolas 4y ago
> as flying requires a state of constant change of focus That didn't work too well for me, since I'd hyperfocus on one thing (my heading, rate of turn, altitude, etc) and develop blindspots to the other 5 instruments. Not to mention radios and checklists and visuals and maps, etc. And god forbid I had to use my flight computer (the rotary slide-rule type, ipads didn't exist then). That thing was pure crack to my brain. Instrument flying is when these weaknesses became most apparent to me. VFR was enough like driving a car that it wasn't as much of an issue.