The CAA's idea of increasing safety is to introduce nonsensical regulations then charge exorbitant fees to police them. This means fewer people fly, so maybe the skies over the UK are much safer. Eventually, with no aircraft in them, we'll have the safest skies in the world!
You might've lightly alluded to the truth there more than is immediately realized. Much of the system in the UK is geared to exclusion as a tacit underlying principal.