I'd hazard a guess that it was locked
A) Because it's boring.
B) Because some of the usual suspects turned up and tried to hijack it.
FWIW If I was chartering the aircraft, was asked what menu options I wished to choose, had Kerry O'Brien, Whatsit Jones and Malcolm Turnbull in my face all bloody day, and then was offered steak when I expected fish, I just might say "That's all I bloody need", or words to that effect.
Ultimately it is a boring bit of gossip.