I really don't know what the fuss is about. The licencing of aerodromes and provision of all these exciting services is a strange British disease.
I totally agree.
Gold plating and gold plating everything again is a strangely British thing.
The pilots of course, are generally too gentlemanly to give a dang about it.
Any public-use airport here has a minimum standard. If there's an accident the local fire department comes out and deals with it.