Fellas I think you are looking in the wrong place to find blame.
No one in flight Ops has any say in EK. Money pinching blunties know all and make all decisions. To have the token pilots removed from the equation is not going to solve anything nor teach anyone any lessons. It does not work that way here. The only thing that will be achieved is the only voices of reason, being these pilots, will be removed from the office. More back patting and high fives from blunties involved.