Halas, SOPS,
we came to the same conclusion independently today in a discussion amongst former EK drivers. All of us happy to have left that state of paranoia. It does make it hard to think straight.
So, I guess it serves EK right for having installed RAAS while at the same time driving experience and common sense out the door at all cost. Of course the argument of looking out the window at the familiar home base and seeing plenty of runway wouldn't have won them any points on their day off in the office - had they continued the landing. So they did what they thought the company wanted them to. The desired lack of manual flying probably didn't help.
Since they have come such a long way in getting rid of independent thinkers, confident flyers and other challengers to their absolute wisdom, I am certain that their conclusion will be completely different from ours.