Ryanair in the grass at EMA

[captplaystation]

In a word . . Yes.
That's the short answer, the long one is that somewhere further up the food chain they are acutely aware of the risk exposure they have operating 160 airframes with a Noah's Ark mix of experience/nationalities, so they try to
A- Cover their own asses, and
B- Try to write a procedure to cover every eventuality known to man.
As well , as you rightly suggested, to be sure that if you cock up , there will be a rule to use for crucifixion purposes.
In their defence, past history would seem to suggest that most who have recognised, stopped the chain before it gets too silly, and admitted to cock-ups, have been treated reasonably fairly ( unless the co was out to get them anyway and just waiting for THE day.)