strake, your point is excellent, but the chauffer in the lift was not an airline pilot responsible for the lives of hundreds of people. Yes, he could have crashed his car and killed people, and yes of course there should be stories written about his lot too, but there is quite obviously a distinction to be made here.
Inconvenient, yes. Embarassing, yes. Costly, yes. Time-consuming, yes. Headline-grabbing for that obsence newspaper the Daily Mail, yes definitely. But a necessary safe guard to ensure safety? I think so.