[jillesvangurp]

I can bounce that right back. Do you have solid data proving beyond reasonable doubt that task saturation is not a major factor in airline crashes (considering pilot error is cited frequently as a root cause)? And would you reject tools that reduce task load because of that?

You bring up a fine point: aviate, navigate, and communicate - in that order. Very sensible when everything is manual and you are task saturated to drop tasks in that priority; which is what this is about. If you automate communication and remove most of the task load related to that and navigation, it frees you up to let the auto pilot do the aviation bit.