Sorry if I wasn't clear first time. I wasn't trying to say that people who have done the full course are any better than those doing the "abridged" course. I was merely trying to highlight the fact that even after the full course I still found it an extremely difficult task to undertake. And whilst I, working at a regional airport accept that we cannot really justify having our own met office- I think Heathrow as the supposed "flagship" airport really ought to...