What is Runway Heading?
<< ... follow heading and not allow for drift could well be fatal coming out of somewhere like CDG..." >>
Sorry Muppet... but what obstacles did you have in mind? The Pyrenees? Alps? Black Mountains? My gray cells may be going slowly AWOL but I recall CDG being in an area as flat as a witch's t*t. I will concede on the ATC bollocking though.... sometimes it's the only time they speak to you! bm