Scooter the difference is that senior management would have to admit they introduced yet another policy for which the consequences were never considered. Thus an Arabic Solution to an Arabic problem, Save Face !
Can you rememeber the FCI explaining the augmented hours fiasco, no it was never issued because they screwed up operated completely outside the AOC and without the approval of all the countries they operated into.
FACE SAVING RULES THE ROOST, and they have the gall to talk about a safety culture !