Mind you, the problem, if there is one, is not entirely the CAA. By coincidence, I got an email today from someone who has to know and understand EASA Regulation, as mandated by the EU Commission. Here's just a short extract from the whole diatribe.....enjoy....
It's the Commission's way of doing things that's the root of the problem. It has ridiculously convoluted structures of Basic Regulations, Implementing Regulations, Amending Regulations, Annexes to all of the above, Appendices to the Regulations and to the Annexes, then Acceptable Means of Compliance to the Regulations, the Annexes, and the Appendices, then Annexes and Appendices to the Acceptable Means of Compliance; then there is Guidance Material to the Regulations, Annexes, and Appendices as well as to the Acceptable Means of Compliance and its Annexes, and Appendices.
He's absolutely on the button, and if aviation safety reduces EASA may well have a hand in that.