Scott,
Oh, come on. Of course you are.
In any case, as I stated earlier, I use one as well. Mostly because we all have to deal with governing bodies. But it doesn't prevent me from expressing my objection to the whole self imposed and useless practice.
And I think this whole discussion is proof enough how these 'processes' can grow larger and larger as the importance of them grows in the minds of those who support them.
Like I said, governments work this way. They never get smaller and their internal logic justifies whatever growth the practitioners deem necessary. And there is proof enough in DOT 192 and 194 where NDE is required to prove continuity. F'in regulators. And its even worse. DOT says NDE which includes VT. Try and use VT in a DOT audit and see what happens. F'in regulators.