Sevenstrokeroll - Apologies ... FLL = Field length limiting.
The point of raising examples such as the predictive windshear / judgement calls is that there are many instantaneous decisions which are situational and cannot all be listed in a company SOP manual. Aviation is not that black and white.
JC - You have tried to paraphrase and I suspect diminished your argument. Aviation wide there is not an increasing number of Captains who feel they can do whatever they want... if there is in your company (as someone suggested) you need to get out. These guys are a real menace and do not reflect current command trends / thinking / training.
There is however an increasing amount of F/Os who do challenge everything some will try to reverse the authourity gradient.... this trend IS increasing and has to be dealt with.
If a Captain opts for the easy life and lets one these F/Os run the show... but then expects same F/O to relinquish his new found "authority" when it hits the fan .... then he is in for a surprise.
He is also in an indefensible position in the subsequent enquiry.