thinkingpilot - whatever you are thinking of it is almost certainly the wrong thing. Your comments about the AAIB and a suggested cover-up involving a 'British airline on british soil with british engines' are woefully ignorant of the UK accident investigation process. You may indeed smell a cover up - this is not India and that is not how things work in aviation here. The AAIB can publish anything they want and are not subject to interference from the UK government, any airline or any manifacturer. I appreciate you do not know how our accident investigation works, but it may be best to remain silent before revealing your ignorance to the world.
Regarding KAL, they have one of the worst safety records of any airline in modern times. It is entirely in keeping with that record to ban people who have been involved in an accident rather than people who were blameworthy in an accident. Yet another poor decision from an airline who have consistently done for flight safety what lockjaw does for conversation.