(Not a pilot) Agreed, Sir! What also struck me from the surgical dissection was the voluminous documentation and cross-referencing and box-checking associated with operations these days. Yes, in my ATC days (69s-90s) we had [I guess] about a 2 to 3 ft pile of documentation to work from ... with a limited pile of ‘recall items’ within it. But nowadays it seems that operators are submerged in paperwork, as the comments about meeting actions never being actioned indicates.
I know safety is paramount, and things have progressed since my days, but I just wonder how much brain-power is required to trawl through, memorise or comply with the myriad of regulationary and other material required now.