Education is more effective than prosecutions.
WRT evaluation of VMC, is that an opinion or based on (published) research? Sometimes it takes a jolt for an industry to wake up to its bad practices. I can think of other industries where hundred million dollar fines do little to change dubious habits.
I did just over six hours flying today with about 25 differant people and every single group has asked about Thursday night as if I had all the answers , just like they did after Glasgow
The general public view rotary flying as dangerous and given the streets of London where sprayed with bits of 109 and Jet A1 fairly recently I'm not sure I blame them. I think for people inside the industry this viewpoint is difficult to see as they have a more segmented view and know what the higher risk operations are.