Agreed, AN2.
If you think over-regulation is an issue, you need to send a letter to Mr Seebohm (an EU aviation official) who, near the end of
this video says that the EU must create regulation in every area where there isn't any.
Mr Goudou (head of EASA), starting around 17:44, shows what sort of duplicious people are in the game these days.
You are right about flight simmers. They are the keenest would-be pilots these days - they are among the few kids who have not spent their youths spouting random gibberish on MSN, or hanging around street corners. I have one such son (14) who lives dreams and eats airplanes. Yet, speak to almost any instructor or read the instructor forum here, and you get very negative opinions. Anyway, I will make sure it doesn't cause him any trouble...