Question of the Week: Hearing Aids in the Cockpit

Editorial Staff

Wednesday, December 27, 2006

Key Takeaways:

Last week's poll on preferred IFR approach charts showed 47% of respondents prefer FAA's NACO paper charts, while only 3% use electronic charts.
This week's poll asks if pilots wear hearing aids while flying and if this impacts communication.
Readers can access last week's full results and participate in this week's poll via provided links.
Suggestions for future polls can be submitted to a specified email address.

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This Week’s Question |Last Week’s Results

PREVIOUS RESULTS ***

Last week, AVweb asked what type of IFR approach charts our readers prefer to have with them en route.

Nearly half of those who responded (47%, to be exact) said they prefer to use the FAA’s NACO paper charts, while only 3% lean toward the FAA’s NACO electronic charts.

To find out what our other respondents preferred,view the complete breakdown of answers here.

THIS WEEK’S QUESTION ***

This week, an AVweb readers asks, “Do you wear hearing aids while flying? If so, do you have difficulty hearing transmitted messages?”

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