I’ve delivered a few talk downs in the last 20+ years of controlling, to all manner of aircraft types. I’ve done plenty ‘in anger’ to guys with emergencies and/or fuel shortages in p*ss poor weather. In my experience (mainly on CR62) the PAR approach was the favoured way of getting back to the runway. I was always left with a warm feeling of satisfaction when the approach was successful (ie the guy was able to land) and that satisfaction was often underlined with a subsequent phone call from a happy customer, (mind, I learnt quite a lot from the phone calls after my not-so-good talk downs!) Our problem is not so much with the new RPAR kit, as the manner in which (new) controllers are taught to use it. Gone are the days of having a conversation with the pilot with an ability to stamp one’s own persona on the way the approach was controlled. I always tried to picture myself on the receiving end – what would I like to hear? It seemed to work…