n all my years of flying, I’ve never come across a blame system, and normally the ones who believe it is, have f***ed up somewhere along the line and went about it the wrong way. I’ve had my fair share of f**k ups, like all of us, but have never encountered any blame. I’ve always just acknowledged it, put my hand up and said I made a mistake, and it’s been put to bed pretty quickly, in some cases there’s even been acknowledgement that there’s something wrong and the threat has been fixed.
That all depends on who you fly for. Certainly some companies are just as you say whilst others are out to nail the PIC at any opportunity.