I suppose it assumes those doing the "carding" or "flight checking" have the experience and background to kniow what they are doing. That I submit is the point at which the FAA meets its Waterloo!
You see lots of Inspectors that are out of the Army....never flown in the commerical world.....or who are green as grass and and are a danger to themselves but can pass an FAA Checkride. There are some very good guys in the FAA but the FAA system does not promote "Helicopter" guys as they do those from the Fixed Wing side of the house. Thus in my view, there are serveral ways the FAA walks on its own Willy.
Add in the bureaucracy and the hurdles it presents and we cannot look to the FAA to be the shining star in the Points of Light out there.
There are consultants working in this field but do you think the Operators are going to call in some outsiders to tell them how they are messing up? Worse yet, as a consultant how do you tell your client that and get invited back again?