Even if a NOTAM list is a chore to read it should be read. It may contain information which is very important to the safety of the flight.
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Surely something all professional pilots would do as a matter of course?
The challenge can be sorting the irrelevant dross (e.g. cranes near the airport) from the vitally important.
The big carriers have their own priority systems which do this but smaller operators do not and crew report times have been pared to the bone to facilitate longer duty days which arguably leaves inadequate time for a crew to brief prior to departure.