What no one has mentioned or they have missed is the insurance company.
I sat through a Health and Safety day at my present employer and the instructor said the following;
‘apart from anything else you may learn today, a major reason your company is providing you with this course is to stop the insurance company welching out of any subsequent claim’
I can’t help but think that this sort of mentality results in, shall we say slavish, adherence to the SOP.
I can not therefore 'blame' either the management or the crew