BOH

Agree to some extent. However, times and technology change and without regulators and red tape being challenged in the past (with compelling evidence of course) we would still only be flying 4-engine planes across the Atlantic and all aircraft would be grounded in even the slightest fog.

We used to have a saying in the rail industry that as far as the regulators were concerned, the only safe train was one that was in a station at a standstill. A senior engineer used to open most safety review boards he chaired with the words, "my job is to immediately say NO to any change you propose to any product, system or procedure and you work back from there with solid evidence to convince me"