The audit was initiated after the crash of KAL 801 in 1997 in Guam. Lose your life but don't lose face.
KEYLIME
KE801 was a CFIT related significantly to chronic fatigue/dysrhythmia and the failure of cognitive processing, coupled with poor practice, loss of SA, and finally a level of hesitancy to react to conflicting signals. Finally, the inertia that exists in decision making within a punitive culture in relation to conducting a go around... The company did actively change their position on this last matter as a consequence of 801, and the proactive direction by Dave G., and Bill H., in Mar 2000.
"Lose your life but don't lose face" is somewhat simplistic for the 801 event. I think that the MD11F bingle showed more of the face issue, where the poor FO knew he was getting dead, yet remained fairly passive until 2.3 seconds before he ended up dead. He was the only guy on the flight deck who understood what was happening, IMHO, as indicated by his comments at the commencement of the upset.