It is a big problem when the Department of Transport makes all the rules and backs them up with legislation. It is now an empire, which is expanding to give them more control, more importance and more jobs.
Remember, that these were the guys that actively pushed the advice that if a hijacker started making demands, you let him do the thinking and you follow as best you can, in an attempt to calm the situation.
The new doors we have, and the door procedures are great for security. But the idea that you can't safely carry off-duty colleagues on the flight deck ( but you can when they are on duty) is a joke.