"soxinbox" wrote in message
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When you get used to talking on the radio, tracking maps, scanning gauges,
pulling out approach plates, and tracking navigational aids, you get very
good at multitasking. When you get back in the car, you think you can read
a map, talk on the phone, and adjust the radio in heavy traffic, and it
doesn't work so well.

One of the most important skills when flying is maintaining situational
awareness. Keeping track of whether you're in a car or else a plane (and the
implications as to what tasks you can safely perform) is a pretty basic
element of situational awareness.

--Gary