@BOAC
I can feel the smell of Cicero’s “Partitiones oratoriae”: You answer with a question. But I will answer.
I might say no and not a comma would change in the value of my question. But I say yes, and, without pontificating, I will add: No one is infallible, not even an air traffic controller.
I’ve always had a good care of my life.
For instance when it came to divert in order to avoid a cumulonimbus cloud I never asked for a clearance; I simply informed the ATC of my intentions.