Goathead,
On the one hand I would suspect you are correct; however, and more likely, I suspect there will be a knee-jerk reaction from regulatory authorities across the world hiding behind the premise of increasing public safety but in reality an ill considered attemp to assuage the ever increasingly vocal and powerful media, thus assuring themselves that should there ever be a repeat that they can argue they did all they could have done.
The reality is that our profession will be yet further degraded by beauraucrats unwilling to make the hard decisions. Companies worldwide will jump on board, again citing public safety to enact even more severe oversight and sanctions upon their crews.
It is a pipe dream to suspect that this will be an end to the Absence Management Programme. The Company will argue that it is even more important now so that they can monitor and lend assistance to those who clearly need it most!
Just wait for them to empower ISMs to report directly on pilots whom they believe to be suffering from some kind of psychological disorder. It will make alcohol reporting look like a primary school fairy tale!