Looks like a fun approach to me. Reverseflight are you an FAA trained pilot. I find a lot of FAA guys have this anti-downwind thing. They just dont get exposed to it in their training. Downwind patterns, downwind approaches and downwind quickstops should all be part of the FAA CPL syllabus. Just like on the JAA side. I make sure all my FAA CPL students are well up to par in these manuevers even if they dont get tested in them.