When I see a pilot in a light plane flying with TWO hands, I see an inexperienced pilot. Trust me on this!
Yep. One hand on the yoke or stick, the other controlling the throttle, tuning radios, working the GPS, whatever. Anytime I would put both of my hands on the yoke, my instructor would yell at me.
The pilot's conversations all directly relate to the opeation of the aircraft. The radio conversations are not taking his brain away from flying. He's not arguing with his wife/girlfriend, making a sales call, lying to his boss, etc. et yada.
WRONG! I talk to my passengers. I talk to ATC on slow days.
if you are gonna chose pilots as an example you might wanna remember that if there are 2 polots one handles the radios for a reason.
Uh, I don't have a copilot. I can work the radios, use a chart, use the avionics, communicate with ATC, and fly the plane. And my plane doesn't even have an autopilot. The planes that have two pilots usually have an autopilot, too.
Not only do I use a cell phone while driving, and doing it safely, I also use a ham radio. With a microphone occupying one hand.