Leveraging a delegation of authority model and an AI that understands context and situations, the system can independently respond to non-critical system prompts. The system can also delay non-critical notifications during times when the Operator is carrying a higher cognitive load situation presenting the notifications when the Operator is least likely to be negatively impacted. The system, in a full implementation of an IOPMS, takes additional information from the Intelligent Co-Pilot to make more informed decisions regarding what actions it will take to reduce the Pilot’s total burden during periods of high cognitive load.