My apologies for taking the thread off topic and throwing a passengers prespective in where it may not have been wanted or appreciated. I mainly surf the wealth of information here and haven't posted much at all.
I do have an a strong interest in all things aviation mainly due to my Father being in the RAF and then working for Scottish Aviation so it's in the blood.
So how did I find pprune....well you can blame a very good friend and Singapore Airlines 747 (now 777 I think) long haul Captain who shall remain nameless. He suggested I come and visit to see that it's rare to have any serious problems for the number of flights etc....
Thanks to those who replied and I do appreciate how busy it must be up front with no time for a friendly chat with the "SLF" as many of you call us. I thought that the crew would know before departure if there was going to be a need to "back off" based on the departure time but maybe I was wrong, not the first time 8-)
PS: I think the nervouse flyer section is a pretty good idea.