I agree that we over-regulate, and that being current according to LASORS or club guidelines is no guarantee of good airmanship.
But I wonder just how many of us would take to the much stricter ideas of currency and oversight that that gliding world takes for granted.
Over the last few years it is noticeable how the rising cost of flying has led to a cutback in the amount of flying at my airfield. Similarly we've noticed a drop-off in the standards of airmanship. Whether that is a causal link or not I can't say, but it would seem logical.
I would guess that G-BHZO is well-aware of this and takes care not to push it too far. I wish one of our syndicate partners had taken the same approach, but he suffered from delusions of adequacy and pushed it a touch too far.
He is now an ex-syndicate partner.