Generally, yeah. Red tape bad, and anything that reduces a pilot's cognitive load is generally going to be a very good thing. In an emergency, there is a lot fo

Generally, yeah. Red tape bad, and anything that reduces a pilot's cognitive load is generally going to be a very good thing. In an emergency, there is a lot for them to process. But this? Expecting pilots to communicate to each other about which one of them is flying the aircraft (as opposed to like, just grabbing a yoke and YOLOing it?) does not seem like an overly onerous amount of red tape. That seems like an absolutely fundamental aspect of flying. It's so fundamental I'm not even sure it would qualify as CRM (crew resource management)