CaptainProp is expounding the principles of an enlightened Flight Data Monitorong Programme. It is the "Gatekeeper" who should be making the calls, not a line ops manager. Giving the latter access to Flight Data is a bit like giving the fox the keys to the chicken coop in flight safety terms. Policing of flight data by managers is a huge barrier to an effective and just safety culture - and should just not happen. The gatekeeper is a member of staff who can be trusted by both the pilots and managers. In my company, he is the head of the safety department who reports directly to the company CEO and bypasses the line managers - bearing in mind the CEO is not a pilot and doesn't get involved with day to day safety issues. In a truley enlightened flight safety culture such as BA's, the gatekeeper is appointed by his/her peers and is a Union member.
Sounds a little odd at first, but if you look at it from a pure safety culture perspective, this is the best way to encourage pilots to report issues which may implicate themselves, but others can learn from. It seems like the principles of the just culture are not yet clear to the Europes' two largest LoCo operators.