"Robert M. Gary" wrote in message
ups.com...

I've has
some students that I'm pretty sure had ADD. There is a positive side to
it. When you are teaching them something they understand is important,
they suck up each and every word. They may be looking around the room
at pictures on the wall at the same time but they hear everything. On
the other hand if you're just wasting time, they'll tune you out pretty
quick.


That's generous, Mr. Gary.

I'm attention deficit. I didn't understand it as such until I met my wife,
who worked in shelters with teenagers and could spot it quickly. That was a
little liberating because it made me understand and change my behavior to
adjust to it.

ADD can become apparent while flying IFR, especially when ATC chatter is
busy. It manifests itself in attention to detail; dialing in 125.5 instead
of 122.5 and forgetting to check the frequency or forgetting to start a
timer. In order to compensate, I've had emphasize the use of checklists and
information organization such as the CRAFT and HAF lists for instrument
flight. Because managing checklists and paperwork in the cockpit adds to my
stress loading, which can amplify ADD, I tend to go over my charts,
checklists, flight planning etc before flying.

The end result is a checklist and preflight planning habit, as well as extra
attention paid to verifying headings, altitudes and frequencies.

Now...what were we talking about? ;

-c