Horror box, with all due respect, I think you're both right - your post details some issues already addressed, and Crab's details some still on the "to do" list ?
Your concern about the redundancy of the redundancy is certainly important but wouldn't it's benefits outweigh it's risks ? (not to mention
PR, and, if they came up with an ELS with say 60 minutes instead of 30, a real win-win situation ?)