Cones,
You are absolutly correcy, in an ideal world you would have all the knowledge at your fingertips, but as both you and I know, itīs not reality, system configurations change, are updated etc etc, and we all of course have the extra time and energy to absorbe all these changes on all the aircraft we are lisenced on.
However I work on 3 different Airbus types, and you being a Cones can then understand that any system configuration change is as simple as changing an OBRM (On Board Readonly Memory) with all the software glitches that follows.
Now my idea was that if someone managed to solve or identifty one of these, or any other issue, why not share with the rest of us, as we all know it takes a while for information to filter through the manufacturer.
Your point about the press is however valid valid, and should be solved, maybe an email mailing list, I donīt know.
Brgds
Doc