NoyGonnaDoIt

My experience as well. I've seen very good pilots go to distracted mush when they feel they can simply jump in a plane and use these systems.

But it is still a training/pilot issue. Student pilots tend to get weaned from burying their heads in a chart because chart-reading is generally introduced after basic skills are in place and can be corrected from the beginning. An instrument pilot who uses an HSI for the first time may get distracted by it but it's only one changed component of what is an otherwise recognizable system.

But the degree that new tech can distract because it's often more extensive is just a matter of degree and the same techniques - out of cockpit ground and practice (more effective due to the availability of simulators); guided incorporation into flight procedures; the "3 second rule" about staring at any one thing; etc - are basically the same.

That's really all I meant - that this is a matter or degree and not kind and the same way we deal with the others can be adapted to new tech.

Ewfflyer

If you are a competent 6-pack flyer with solid garmin experience, then the g1000 should become comfortable after 5-10hrs. I transitioned many folks to that system from a variety of planes, into TBMs and piper products, so you had the distraction of a new airframe also.

Just remember the GPS and Nav/Com functions are identical to the G430/530. Start there for familiarity, then build on that.

sinkrate3278

Use the "play back" button. It may save your life one day!

2StgTurbine

Make sure you know what that button does though! My first time using the G1000 with a friend, I hit that button and we just heard the controller respond, "Roger N182T". We both looked at each other with a little concern that we some how sent ATC a message or signal via our transponder and she was just confirming she got the message.

sinkrate3278

Now that we know you are safely on the ground, let me just say.... That's hilarious!

USMCFLYR

For those of us without G1000 experience - what does this button do?

USMCFLYR

Seaboard World

It replays the last transmission by ATC. Like a tape recorder. You miss a freq or call, hit that button and get an instant play back. Funny story because it plays it back exactly, so I could see doing the same thing if I wasn't familiar.

USMCFLYR

Interesting......I have come to learn that is what the other pilot is for
That 'playback' sounds like an interesting idea, especially for the single pilot cockpit.

USMCFLYR

sinkrate3278

Yeah it's a great feature! Especially for full route clearances or flying with new York TRACON

Cubdriver

I used to like it in busy airspace when teaching because it allows you to stop paying very close attention to ATC and instead fall back on the recording when you hear your tail number. Now that I am in an old airplane without G1000, I have to listen fairly closely which makes me leave the airport. It is a pretty cool recorder, it has the ability to decide break the transmission into groups. Press it once for the last one, twice for the one before that, etc. Very handy.