Apologies to all. I didn't make my original post clear (I failed to communicate effectively), it was late and I put my error down to fatigue.
My post was triggered by a comment made by David Reid and not so much this incident at DBX. I fully appreciate that whilst on that runway then NAVIGATE and COMMUNICATE were completely irrelevant.
The point I was trying to make was that there is the AVIATE>NAVIGATE>COMMUNICATE train of thought and I don't believe that is always the best course to take, and as I said, it always led to a good debate.
AVIATE will always be first, no doubt whatsoever, but there will be many occasions when the communication aspect should take priority over the navigation aspect.
All I was trying to do was to generate some thought and debate about something that is ingrained and perhaps need to be considered.