Mr Hat, that's a very interested line of reasoning.
Perhaps, perhaps what is actually happening is this. Other industries are now utilizing the aviation template - the tombstone imperative / safety first / learning culture that had previously existed. However, aviation is now actually regressing, while other industries are taking this template & improving on our lessons, learned in blood.
In other words, the bar has been raised beyond the industry, and the general public will no longer tolerate a poor safety culture in their workplace or in aviation.
Perhaps the regulator is actually sniffing the winds of political change...