Fergus has summed up the situation admirably well. We do indeed, it seems, suffer from administratively induced accidents in the UK.
The key thing is giving the pilot time to respond, so reducing the probability of a serious PIO. It's blindingly obvious that a horizontal stabiliser in the right place and of the right area can slow the pitch response, so doing just this.
Despite this, our CAA refuse to accept that horizontal stabilisers work, based on some very limited research done at Glasgow University. They have, instead, effectively banned (by gross restriction) all non-centreline thrust gyros in the UK instead.
The recent gyro MPD will tend to reduce the overall skill level of pilots in the longer term, so will, I am sure, exacerbate the problem and cause more deaths.
I do wish we could get rid of the "Nanny culture" that seems to prevail in this country. Surely to goodness we should be allowed the feedom to make our own assessment of what is safe or unsafe?
VP