helonorth,
On the premise that I'm the "folks across the pond (which pond?)", I closed the thread to which you referred and redirected the poster to existing thread(s) on the same subject. Resurrecting old threads often teaches more to new guys than letting a new one drift into nothing, as they read advice from those who have left & moved on, or read of forgotten nuggets that may not come up again. The more you (and I) work in this industry, the more we become aware of the wealth of knowledge that sometimes doesn't get passed on.
Hopefully, PPRuNe can do a little toward correcting this over the years
