Completely agree with you, Dick. Useless regulation for its own sake. Have you seen the justification for 100.5? Doesn't even talk about safety, just a nice to have arm waving statement.
More Eurocrap regulation for its own sake where VFR aircraft are treated like IFR, increasing costs for no safety benefit.
Let's go to the Canadian owner maintenance category for private aircraft owners who wish it. The resultant standard of the fleet is likely to rise, not because LAMEs do a bad job, because the owners themselves will fix problems when they become evident, not when maintenance is scheduled.
I've no objection to the old instrument 8/rad 47 as the altimeter, transponder and static system are where everyone interacts with the system.
If you LAMEs are finding static leaks now, why weren't you finding and fixing them under the old system?