I would actually go much farther. Personally I think the whole idea of continuity is stupid. Its regulator think. Its the ignorant idea that somehow one can impose quality from the outside. That one can 'inspect in' quality. An idea that has been roundly and completely rejected by EVERY quality theorist on the planet.
Governments think like this.
And we have yet to argue this from the other perspective. Those fabricators that maintain robust continuity programs to comply with their governing bodies and put out tons of schit work.
All it does, ALL it is designed to do, is give auditors something to look at, and find fault with.

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.