Spleener, may be a storm in a teacup, but a possible advantage is that quite a few local (and expat) controllers will have read opinions expressed here from tech crew re the available use of runway length, and they may now be a bit more sensitive as to what the crews of heavy jet transports want. Also people from your side of the fence may be more inclined to put in requests a little earlier! Thanks for you input, cheers, BB.