[cardanome]

The problem is that there is not one correct pronunciation of English but myriads of dialects.

While some Languages do have a standard like High-German, for English there isn't one that feels neutral and that most English speakers would agree one. Received Pronunciation? Yeah, that is going to piss off a lot of people. Try to create some form of "accent free" American English? Maybe go back to using Transatlantic accent? That one was one fun!

If you want a close relationship between your writing system and the pronunciation you ever either have to pick or create a standard of pronunciation or allow for words to be written depending on the dialect. Both options suck very much.

I think that it is fine for there to not be a complete 1 to 1 relationship between writing and speaking. It is also nice when the way a word is written gives you clues about it's history and the culture it is coming from. Also pronunciation is constantly shifting. So you need to do regular spelling reforms. Meaning older text becomes harder to read for future generations and you add a lot of churn as things need to be constantly be updated for the new spelling.

In short, there is not easy way to fix English orthography. It is all about trade-offs.