Ok, sorry, but I couldn't resist the chance....
So now all of the sudden "work-to-rule" is fine as you have seen that it's your neck that is endangered when rules are interpreted with some flexibility.
How about when it's the Atcos doing it? Shame on them, these lazy priviledged good for nothing!
For example next time you ask for a visual approach remember that there are two italian atcos in jail for granting it.
If there is infinite visibility and no cloud or wind forecast for the next ten years and I still refuse your visual approach and force you on the standard published procedure, it may have to do less with the weather and more with our legal environment.
(hmmmm... sorry for the thread drift but it was too good to let that one pass)