Originally Posted by
GetSetJetSet
Aviate, Navigate, Communicate. You should want the pilot focused on their little area of the flight deck. They might have a lot going on. Safe operation of the flight is paramount, if that means little to no communication with the passengers, so be it. The pilot is conscious of the fact that here are hundreds of human beings in the back, and the pilot is ensuring they get where they're going safely.
Copout. By that logic, no pilot would ever communicate with the back, because it's so terribly complicated in front. And if technology isn't making things easier instead of harder for pilots in the 21st Century, something's wrong.
Aviate/Navigate/Communicate is a mantra used in EMERGENCY situations. It's not meant to be the standard in normal operations. Certainly not while the jet bridge is attached.