Chug - in reply to your comment "what issue...". The issues being addressed are those that CAN be addresses by those 'within the wire' as you term it. I see it as similar to walking past a large pile of rubbish dumped on your drive - you can moan and write letters all day to the police/council about fly-tippers etc, but the most pressing need is to pick all the rubbish up before it causes other problems (or attracts more dumping). The fact that the recent establishment of a robust and clearly defined station 'Air Safety / Flight Safety' (
) system may not affect issues way further up the tree shouldn't stop it being used for good in the meantime. I've previously been involved in the system from the very early days and while not perfect, it is doing good work on the ground.
By the way - "wherein rules and regulations are generally obeyed, and punishment usually follows when they are not. " You'd be surprised how often that local investigations/reviews uncover the very opposite. By highlighting the errors it is hoped to re-educate those 'sinners' who may have been unwittingly/deliberately not following 'the rules'.