Sorry Call100 you're behind the times
Flexible runway inspections are things of the past at some airfields like MAN.
Health and Safety and the Concorde accident changed the thinking!
Anyway I hope the new procedures get reviewed and if this incident brings about a review then most ATCOs would welcome it.
Like the Emirates pilot ATCOs at MAN and NPC despair at the new regime as it causes a backlog in traffic that affects the Area Controllers as well.