7.1.15.727: “PHP Fatal error: … Call to a member function queue_check() on nu

I’ve been running my cron from wp-cli for years

WP_CLI_CONFIG_PATH="$WP_PATH/wp-cli.yml" /usr/local/bin/wp --path="$WP_PATH" cron event run --due-now

As of recent upgrade, once again FV FlowPlayer is inappropriately playing around with globals, this time global $FV_Player_Checker in fv_wp_flowplayer_save_post():

[18-Sep-2018 07:20:06 UTC] PHP Fatal error: Uncaught Error: Call to a member function queue_check() on null in /home/warmpress/wp-content/plugins/fv-wordpress-flowplayer/models/flowplayer.php:2120
Stack trace:
#0 /home/warmpress/wp-content/plugins/fv-wordpress-flowplayer/models/checker.php(322): fv_wp_flowplayer_save_post(457478)
#1 /home/warmpress/wp-includes/class-wp-hook.php(286): FV_Player_Checker->checker_cron()
#2 /home/warmpress/wp-includes/class-wp-hook.php(310): WP_Hook->apply_filters(”, Array)
#3 /home/warmpress/wp-includes/plugin.php(515): WP_Hook->do_action(Array)
#4 /home/leho/wp-cli/vendor/wp-cli/cron-command/src/Cron_Event_Command.php(288): do_action_ref_array(‘fv_flowplayer_c…’, Array)
#5 /home/leho/wp-cli/vendor/wp-cli/cron-command/src/Cron_Event_Command.php(259): Cron_Event_Command::run_event(Object(stdClass))
#6 [internal function]: Cron_Event_Command->run(Array, Array)
#7 /home/leho/wp-cli/php/WP_CLI/Dispatcher/CommandFactory.php(89): call_user_func(Array, Array, Array)
#8 [internal function]: WP_CLI\Dispatcher\CommandFactory::WP in /home/warmpress/wp-content/plugins/fv-wordpress-flowplayer/models/flowplayer.php on line 2120

I fail to understand why post save actions are even used in some utility cron function. This smells like bad architecture, why wouldn’t options work here, or what am I missing?