This whole thing is less ominious than it sounds. The good news is that while errors are being blamed on pilots, at least no one is actually trying to violate the pilots (that would be really hard anyway, cuz it's all on tape).

For those of you who don't know, controllers are constantly monitored by their own computer system...if spacing gets violated the computer rats them out at which point management has to investigate. If the controller is at fault, retraining/disciplinary action must be taken which would be a huge nuisance if it happened daily.

Sounds like ATC mgt. is probably just making command decisions about what does and does not constitute a real problem. It is likely that the system (designed by a government bureaucracy) is too cumbersome for day-to-day operations.

How would you like it if your airplane emailed management everytime you missed an item on a flow?