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5) Regulatory agencies are usually headed by political appointees.
That's the nature of the game since Andrew Jackson described the
"spoils system."

The FAA isn't run by all pilots; the FRA isn't run by
all train drivers, etc. (In fact, if the FCC were run by hams, some
might claim they had a conflict of interest).

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I agree that those who make the rules should have a background in what
they are making the rules for. But that sort of thing is usually left
to "staff" in my limited experience.

I don't think that all the High muckey-mucks have to be all Pilots or
Train drivers, but in the FCC's case there should be one or two that
have day to day operational expererience in electronics.
Even the commisioners' staffs do not have practical experience
according to their biographies on the FCC website.