Give NPCs the CDs back, since currently beside missions or cap patrols they serve no purpose at all. At. All.
Beforehand F2/F3 trading would actually require you to look on what you do, right now, I can just F2 from a Jumpgate to Jumpgate (might not be time efficient, but works) and do a lot of other things in the meanwhile. I can assume how long it will take me to get to my destination and go back to preform the jump accordingly.
Oh and you don't need to fear pirates in that way either, since seriously - which pirate sits in the middle of nowhere in a system waiting for a trader to pass by?