Thanks for the quick reply!
I am still a little perplexed by the sterile requirement between in and outbound Flight Crew. The sterile requirement for passengers I completely understand, but how is it any different that I was able to cross paths with inbound crew when I used to work as airport staff, but now that I am operating crew, I am not?
My main gripe here is that handover briefs constitute an important part of threat mitigation and also I find having to wait at the gate unnecessarily reduces my time to perform preflight duties.