Maybe the time has arrived for the copilot's union to demand a new EBA based upon demonstrated huge increase in workload and responsibility for actions that used to be the captains scan - overhead panels, starting engines etc?
Funny thing is that years ago there was a great hoohaa against captains who worked on the principle that there was a line down the cockpit where the captain did his things and the copilot did his things and never the twain shall meet. Then came CRM warm and fuzzies and sharing of problems and invitations to partake in each other's side of cockpit drills.
Now the wheel has turned full circle and each pilot has his own line down the middle of cockpit all over again, sanctioned by Boeing. It is called Areas of Responsibility.