Neville Nobody
I agree with what you say if the oversight is the Big Brother punitive regulator type of oversight.
I think we had the correct model when we had FSUs and FSOs that were local and knew the area and maybe even flew in it. But then again I was an FSO and have a small hatchet to grind.
I couldn't count the number of times I have passed on aircraft reports of 8 octas below 5000 with vis less than a K to VFR even Sartime aircraft.
We can all come up with maybes but as has already been mentioned the last defense is the PIC.