27 June 2014 1407 Z
Friday Focus on IFR: Multitasking
Multitasking can be a bad thing. The term multitasking has crept into our daily lexicon as a way to express how a person works on several tasks simultaneously. In this context, the expression denotes a busy person who seemingly accomplishes everything. While an element of this description may be true, the darker and more insidious side of multitasking is that tasks may not be done well, or they may need to be repeated. Recall Publilius Syrus’s (words): “To do two things at once is to do neither.”
Source: Instrument Flying: 10 Indispensable Principles to Know and Remember, p. 42. www.doubleiLLC.com.
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