You might be right with that suspicion, but if the person responsible for procedures puts up a rule demanding unpredictable runway usage they have done their job Very Well. A cautious "this might not be such a good idea actually" however will make them seem weak in certain eyes and might even make them some personal enemies, for displaying lack of trust in the pilots' abilities. I suspect that nobody without the career instincts to intuitively know those things will come anywhere close to that plane.
That's... not how military aviation works. The people flying the plane (Lieutenant-Colonels) are junior/subordinate to the people making the rules (usually 1- and 2-star Generals).
