So these brilliant experts say it is safer for the aircraft to fly at 500' agl and keep the cloud 1000' above them???
How about "Clear of cloud, in sight of ground or water, and at a speed which allows an obstacle to be seen and safely avoided?"
When they finally legislate GA out of the sky, they will pat themselves on the back for achieving a zero accident rate. And then join the dole queue, along with the pilots.