c driver. I totally agree with you. Several years ago I was part of the management of a large international airline.
Whenever there was ANY sort of "irregularity" from an MOR to a full-scale incident the eventual outcome was nearly always to "add it to the checklist".
This serves several essential purposes;
1. Not only can the management be SEEN to be doing something, there is documentary evidence to prove it.
2. Crews can never again wriggle out of the responsibility by saying "No-one told us"
3. Management "feel good" factor of We've Done Something
4. The popular belief that if it is important it MUST be written down.
(After an aircraft nearly landed with the wrong altimeter setting, every checklist - Normal, Abnormal and Emergency included as a final item;
"ENSURE EVERY CHECKLIST ITEM HAS BEEN ACCOMPLISHED")
Sadly, the tendency to "cover your own arse" in case the lawyers try to take your livelihood and pension off you, controls most areas of aviation as it does other disciplines.