Originally Posted by
Chronic Snoozer
But they do stupendously more flying in the US don't they? And they have more lawyers.
I was perhaps a little too flippant. How about a poorly governed regulator that has scant regard for the people who actually use the regulations to guide their operations? As a result, we've ended up with a system of regulations and other material that were written by lawyers, for lawyers. The fish rots from the head, as they say.