"dealing with the control tower" I know little to nothing about GA, but... it only makes sense to take time if the procedures are still done somehow manually,

"dealing with the control tower" I know little to nothing about GA, but... it only makes sense to take time if the procedures are still done somehow manually, like speaking with human operators out there. It true, the dependence on a fallible human attention for something that can be automated, that right there is a safety hazard to me.