RatherBeFlying
When J.Blow takes the decision out of the hands of the 'professionals' he accepts absolute responsibility for his own actions. People could be injured, or die, due to his 'ignorant' act. Chances are, he was one of those c#*#s who hasn't even the courtesy to look up from his precious newspaper during the safety brief!!
Forgive me, but as far as I'm concerned, he DESERVES to die! His newspaper is clearly more important than his life!
Sadly, his stupidity also affects the survival chances of those other 'innocent' individuals around him.
Yes, I "blame him"!!!
puddle-jumper2
You accept that much of your commentary has been made with 20/20 hindsight (in this case at least!)
I understand that you would order an immediate evacuation for a hot gas leak, or indeed a spurious fire indication??
Bearing in mind you appear to fly "puddle jumpers" you may wish to bear in mind that, statistically speaking, an evacuation of a large aircraft (eg 747, 340, 777 etc) is almost certain to result in at least one major injury!
I would suggest to you that, it is highly unlikely that lives will be lost purely for the sake of the few seconds taken to assess the situation. Your SOPs appear to be more akin to the programming of a robot, rather than the more considered approach of more respected operators!