You're not wrong there.....
The problem is that NAA's have nasty tidy little minds, and believe that, by definition, being on CofA is normal and permit is a barely acceptable compromise.
It leads to the situation where some permit types are more advanced technically than some of the CofA fleet, yet the costs are loaded on the CofA types.
That bl**dy Form 1 which can add 50% to the cost of an item is the classic example. It does nothing but satisfy the bureaucratic mindset of the great and the good.