I hope you meant "blameless". Norm?!
I think he makes perfect sense the way he had it.
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.
To ban people who have been "involved" as opposed to being "blameworthy" strikes of an action taken that is not considerate of "Cause and Effect" or the difference between proximity and culpability.
That kind of thinking (or lack of) would surely contribute to a poor safety record, or a worsening one