I know this might sound a bit grumpy old gitish.
But I suspect there may be two groups working towards making things difficult.
Group 1 don't want light aircraft flying in clouds or for that matter being in class A.
Group 2 want pro pilots to go to the large commercial schools via MPL.
They are having multiple pronged attacks to try and get thier way and are working on the fact that if they get knocked back at one hurdle they will trip things up at another.
I suspect this hurdle they might succeed. Although it may back fire with ex instructors who have been stuck in the regionals going back to instructing once the terms and conditions go up due to lack of supply after being made redundant.
But lord only knows what is going to happen in the next 5 years with the commercial schools now the loco's have stopped expanding.