I honestly think that middle and senior management have already started down the road of a 'blame culture' and 'passing the buck'.
Why else would they have so many new 'cover your arse' schemes running? It's the same with the raft of new engraved 'reminder' strips that appear almost weekly - they (management) don't want to (or cant be bothered to) tackle the real problem such as individual controller ability etc... instead they bring out some new OPNOT etc that they can refer back to if someone has an incident.
They don't tackle the real problem, just go for a quick 'fix'.
You are increasingly on your own in NATS now... woe betide anyone who has a nasty incident.