allaru:
I think you are right; from engineering running flight ops to fleets relationship to training or lack thereof, the structure itself flawed. And instead of being an integral part of flight operations flight safety was instead marginalised and prone to interference from purely commercial interests.
Vertical management, which goes right to the top with interference from TC, is always prone to topple eventually.
You are also right that we have been here before and no doubt will be again and NOTHING will be said or done of any value... waste of a day off.