What's the point of a regulator (any regulator) that has no teeth, a regulator that puts politics first before safety, a regulator that was aware of and voiced concerns about this particular operator but did nothing to prevent an incident of this nature happening in the first place. If they prevented them flying into the UK that may have sent them a message to shape up and sort themselves out, but oh no... just write the report and walk away but do nothing.
And where does ICAO stand here I wonder... are they taking an interest in this case? As there are no 'regulators' in the dock probably not as this too will make a mockery of their USAOP.