Guppy - got to be said you seem to be coming over a bit holier than thou!
Loose rivets is admitting wholeheartedly that his opinions are maybe out of date with todays sanitis(z)ed SOP regimented flying but he has a valid points. If it was all by the book then technically there would be no need for reduced limits or higher minima for less experienced crew. Obviously this is not the case so it goes some way to proving the theory that finding out how the aircraft behaves is important knowledge to have on the days that you dont need to know for when you do need to know.......
You trying to tell me that you havn't tried that bit harder to grease it on when light on a 12000ft runway...... by the tones of your posts you haven't !!
I have this image in my mind of you telling another oldtimer Ernest K Gann he was doing it all wrong!!!
Just to add the hi viz vest comment of crew should comply with their own companies SOP's at all times blah blah blah etc etc etc