A couple of thoughts: 1. I agree that a return to zero compliance will set safety backwards. 2. I do not believe that any pilot completes any flight perfectly. The military demo teams start their debriefs with the pilots/aviators saying where they made errors in the flight profile. 3. I think that it is important that senior department officials have SOME experience in the purpose of the department they are leading. So, for the FAA, the administrator should be a pilot. For Defense, he or she should have had the opportunity to have been shot at (although I think that 4 star generals/admirals are probably NOT good choices.) 4. The umpire “out” signal could be interpreted differently. When an umpire calls the player out, he is not out for the entire game, much less the season or his baseball career. That is even true in other sports when a referee throws a player out of the game. It is just for that game. We will have to wait and learn how the current Administrator meant that signal.