Thus, your post very much misrepresents my views and past statements.
In which case, I apologise and I'm glad that you have finally laid down your views more clearly. Unfortunately, your tendency to pot-stir has backfired here by clouding what you were really trying to say.
However, what cannot be denied is that in many of your posts (not just on this thread, but on many others) have always been extremely critical of the UK CAA. To some extent. I agree. Some aviation rules are not logical, or appear over cautious to anyone with any experience and common sense.
However, in the beginning, there were no rules. Then people started making ****ups. Rules got put in place.
Commercialism in aviation doesn't always go hand in hand with safety and of late, in UK at least, "no-win, no-fee" lawyers (an invention of the USA, I believe) have done huge damage to common sense in society overall, imho. We are supposed to be a civilised society but now the only way that we can be made civilised, at least in the professional rule makers eyes, is to make more rules. But these days it's more about covering one's backside than civilisation, or common sense.
P.S. Sometimes others can effectively stir the same pot, too.
