EESDL, I am under no illusions that all will become a panacea under the reforms I call for. I well remember resenting the Dane Geld forever having to be forked out into the ever ravenous maw of the CAA, but as far as I know it has never set out to subvert its own mandated regulations. Of course the operators are always on its back to alleviate the financial and operational burden of conforming with those regulations. It is its job to insist that they be complied with. If it isn't doing that then start a campaign to force it to do so!
Civil Aviation does though have one great advantage over Military Aviation; the regulator, investigator and operators are separate and independent. In Military Aviation they are all one and the same.