The disadvantage of the HUD is the pilot has to divide attention inside and outside the cockpit.

• A. True
• B. False
• C. Not stated
• D. Not

Answer: (B)

Heads-up displays place key flight data in the pilot’s forward field of view so the eyes stay on the outside world while still seeing important information. This design minimizes the need to look inside at instruments, reducing the amount of attention you have to split between the cockpit and the outside scene. So describing dividing attention as a disadvantage isn’t accurate—HUDs are meant to keep attention more unified on the external environment. There can be other drawbacks, like potential information overload, calibration or parallax issues, glare, or cost, but the notion of divided attention between inside and outside isn’t the main downside.