I’ve just read the latest safety publication and have say with respect to the EK mentioned events I’m flabbergasted.
Based on what was published, there seems in both cases to be a distinct lack of suspicion and airmanship when it came to ATC instructions and intentions.
Whatever happened to informing ATC of your requirements rather than what they want?
Yet again it seems blind adherence and poor SA led two sets of crews up the garden path so to speak without either of them seemingly capable of aviating rather than operating.