Sometimes fixing the problem will require special access to Production which you don't have, or even a specific role with that extra bit of initiative.
Otherwise i agree 100%.
Operation, and on-call staff fixes broken systems just enough, that they will work until 8:00AM when the developer is back at work.
Just this week I talked to a developer, and he asked if I could switch the phone numbers, so issues would get routed to him first. My question: Why? You can't really do much without me being awake as well, so maybe I get the first call, and I call you... IF I need to?
If it's unfixable, that's when you quit
Maybe... none of this applies to people who own meaningful portions of the companies they work for.