Good points, Flying Lawyer, although I note from reading Avweb that US pilots complain that the FAA can be a bit harsh when it wants to, and some of its procedures as discussed there appear surprising, in view of the US Constitution's due procress guarantees, but I do not have the experience to judge how fair or effective a regulator the FAA is.
As for plain English, I'm all in favour of this (as my pupils find to their cost when they try any of that wretched Bar School drafting style on me), but it would be a shame if plain English impoverished our vocabulary. Anyway, here on pprune we have Evo as our resident mobile dictionary and thesaurus.