This place does seem to be the last vestige of the "no blame" flight safety culture, where there's always someone else or some process to blame.
I'll simply note that on the TV piece that accompanied the closure of Headley Court, there was a piece to camera by someone e who'd broken his back in this incident. He is now permanently disabled, and all because of this pilot's actions. And that disabled individual could be living a pain-free life if the pilot had decided that taking a camera into the cockpit, and subsequently stowing it in an unauthorised stowage was a jolly good wheeze.
There is nothing 1950s about this; it's about expecting individuals to take professional responsibility, especially when placed in positions of considerable influence.