I have no dog in this fight, but Mr Thompson examined me for a skill test some years ago (I don't think he had anything to do with the OBA Thompson, but could be wrong).
I do remember him saying after I'd messed up some navigation and pointed us into Orlando's class (A?), and was just sorting that out - "It's not the mistakes you make that matter, it's how you sort them out".
Based upon the posts above, it sounds like the same applies to him right now.
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