A serious inflight fire doesn't even bear thinking about. Then the questions will be asked. The litigation will be ruthless. EK, Airbus and "the regulator" (what ever that means in the UAE) will be seriously on the back foot.
It's called risk assessment, Ron & Edna. They honestly believe they've put a system in place where nothing will go wrong, go wrong, go wrong...
Let's not go near the "mandatory use of the highest level of automation at all times" debate.