If we are supposed to be cowering in fear for our jobs after being set this 'example', how come we have heard nothing from the company? Sure, we may wait with bated breath for the arrival of Phillip-news (I thought that's what it stood for. Really.) every month, but EZY have never missed an opportunity to send through umpteen e-mails every day for a week saying the same thing.
This forum is home to stories of various EZY incidents, as they have occurred over the years - and the only bit of p-news worth reading is the month's ASR summary. Those incidents are not always handled ideally, but our crews, in the vast mjority, are professional enough to allow others to share their experience so that we can all raise our game. If FDM is used punitively then that culture stops, we run the risk of serious incidents going unchecked and more and more crews tripping up on the same things. No-one wants that.
Has anyone here wailing about FDM actually visited their company's department and spoken to the people who run it about how the system, procedural and managerial, actually works? Or just made their own minds up after reading one-too-many Daily Mails? Come on.
I believe that covering up an error or deliberately neglecting to file an ASR because they thought that it was more important to 'get away with it' than create an opportunity for their colleagues to learn from their mistakes is unprofessional at best, negligent at worst.
If you can't shoulder the responsiblity for your decisions and actions, and admit to your mistakes, step aside for someone else actually suited to command.