The CAA have statistically demonstrated that the plethora of new reglation introduced by JAA (BFRs, 90 day rules, annual MEP tests. etc etc) have done precisely zilch for flight safety and merely dumped more uneccessary expense and hassle at the foot of GA, adding more straws to the camel's back, strangling the industry to death, deterring new entrants, and adding to the 70/75% of PPLs who pack it all in after the first 5 years . The regulators wont be satisfied until they have regulated themselves out of existence.
But then we are back to "The European problem" again...