Hi Geoff,
If you are saying we should always act in accordance with the RFM and therefore the published emergency checklist please take the time to have a look at the emergency drill for exhaust fire after shutdown. Spot the deliberate mistake which has been pointed out to Agusta who have still not made any correction.
Should we therefore idly follow checklist or actually think about what it is we are doing? Reminds me a bit of the AirTransat flight that landed in the Azores having run out of fuel because nowhere in the checklist did it say to close the crossfeed after confirmation of a fuel leak!