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Originally Posted by Black On Black On Black
An Zabo, idk now big your plane or what you fly but both my parents are licensed pilots, they own a Sesna 182 and now have some quick little low wing 4 seater and they talk all the time. Granted, they do not hold a conversation but they will talk about what is going on and what we are going to do when we land. Furthermore, i have flown their new plane (it's a stick btw, which is FUN) and it was a lot harder than driving you have the ailerons, stick, windage, other plans, altitude and an abundance of other things to worry about. In a car you only have about 3 more things than walking- Wheel, gas, breaks.
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Light aircraft are different, I was referring to commercial aviation (IE Airlines, Air Cargo).
What I highlighted/bolded about keeping convo to a minimum about flying, what to do when they land, where they're going.. typical ****pit convo which was what I was indicating earlier.
But even though it may seem like flying is harder, you have to think how much more complex driving can get with increased traffic, idiots behind the wheel, increased distractions nowadays.
Like most crashes, it's pilot error. And with cars, you said driver error. Distraction can and does come from cell phones. So Cellphones can lead to driver error, and a crash. That's what they're applying here. What they've seen developing in the automotive/road world, and what they've seen in the aviation world, cross referenced and turned into that conclusion.
TLDR: NTSB thinks Cars are turning into Airplanes.
However, if anyone else here is a pilot or has worked with the NTSB, it's common knowledge that they have no capacity to change rules. They can only offer suggestions which the FAA (or in this case NHTSA) would take into account in rule/law making.
Will something come of this? Probably not. Why? Because Flying and Driving are apples and oranges. But I'm trying to give a frame of reference as to why this seems so drastic and insane.