You're right. Give an inch now and the scalawags like the skipper of AA2 will do what they want all over the globe.
Who knows what this brigand may do next. His ilk would probably scream right in for an emergency landing due to a fire, typical Sky God act, while the more reasonable airman would delay such a hasty action in order to ask permission for something like, for instance, to dump fuel.
There are rules for dumping fuel, of course, thank God there exist airman (or used to exist) that don't think they have carte blanche to ignore them.
Not sure you can have it both ways mates. Our actions today are the result of those who paid the price in the past.