Thats a great story. In my previous life, I was flying a corporate aircraft to a "meeting", stopped in DCA and picked up Langhorn Bond and McCarter(both former FAA administrators. This topic came up in the back of the aircraft within earshot of me. Mr. Bond was telling the story and began to laugh. Before long, everyone on the aircraft was in tears from laughing so hard(me included). I think Mr. Bond's commit was that the guy knew what he wanted to do but didn't count on going that high. There must have been a few "Oh Shxts" along the way.