Hal, I wanted to give a suggestion in regards to the ladder kicking…
I tried this out and it works perfectly. So she does her first two kicks and then it cuts to an aerial shot of the ship. After her first kick, there is an shot looking up at the remote. If you cut to the aerial shot right from there, and just do a simple crossfade, then it is a seamless cut. And it gets rid of one extra kick which is nice!