Maybe this was an HQ problem over a lower level problem.

Iirc there were 1 or 2 people who could hold the process up and were not open to persuasion.

I was also young and less equipped to handle that.

I worked in a few other spaces and liked a slightly more balanced approach.

Silicon Valley style approach is not what id strive for at the FAA. I dont think that is the extreme they have swung to either.