Originally Posted by
CPRich
Yes, there is. A pilot not attending to his responsibilities and doing something non-flight related increases the risk to the aircraft. Unless you believe his/her activities are absolutely zero value added to flying the plane.
There can be various opinions on the level of risk increase, but saying it's none is simply false, IMHO.
Agreed 100%.
s4popo, you may wanna take another run at your take.