Guess that's a predicament any twin engine transport pilot can find himself in...what has actually happened, do I return and land over weight, or do I dump fuel..is it urgent I return and land ASAP...some scenarios are blatantly obvious..some are very blurry...keeping in mind the adage "better to be adjudged by twelve, than carried by six" as in Boeing's disclaimer in the preamble to their QRH "While every attempt is made to establish necessary non-normal checklists it is not possible to develope checklists for all concievable situations" etc...etc...concluding with..."the Captain must assess the situation and use sound judgement to determine the safest course of action." Same could apply to SOP's....at some point judgement must enter the foray..and it appears in his best judgement, this captain's course of action resulted in a happy outcome..