And

*The levels that [the regulator] are wanting people to come up to, and the standards that they're wanting us to comply with, are good. But they need to be careful, though, particularly with small operators, that the e*ff*ort and the cost and the time required with compliance doesn't detract from actually getting the job done properly and getting the job done safely. It can start to be counterproductive, particularly in small organizations where resources are having to be divided to the compliance side of thing*. (P\_2) *Aerospace* **2020**, *7*, 84

The mismatch was also thought to *create implications for sustainability*. By placing undue pressure on small companies, they were reportedly being caught 'between a rock and a hard place', and the requirement for more concurrent jobs coupled with time poverty was having other effects, for instance, *"flushing out good organisations along with dodgy operators"* (P\_2);

*The most di*ffi*cult point is when [your company] grows to the size that you can't a*ff*ord the overhead of having someone like a business manager, but you can't a*ff*ord not to because you physically can't do it and it's not your forte*; (P\_4)

*How do we still make profit trying to do all this paperwork, trying to help apprentices? It goes back to that again—you don't get time*; (P\_5)

*[The implication of the regulator's] high standards that they're trying to promote throughout the industry is there's a real* ... *Small operators are real disadvantaged [* ... *] It's basically only able to be done sustainably with bigger organizations. Middle level and larger organizations seem to be the only organizations that can continue to be able to be sustainable*; (P\_2)
