The FAA is a typical government operation, inefficient, incompetent, and corrupt. the EAA, AOPA and other General Aviation Organizations have been fighting the FAA over eliminating the third class medical cert. All studies indicate there is no relation to safety as proven by the LSA category which only requires a valid drivers license. the Crats are not serving the people!
FAA = Federal Anti-Aviation Admin
Back in the 80s, I hired three ATCs who were fired by Reagan. They were really smart people. I made programmers out of them. All three picked it up no problem.