Cheers for the input.
It seems there is a very broad base of opinion on what should be done. Or what even a visual approach is. As we can see from our french collegues POV.
letMfly thats the way I understood they way the world worked. But it seems to be a Scottish FIR SOP.
Thats the reason why I started this thread to see how much variation there is in practise. I have been looking at national differences filed with IACO and this subject doesn't come up very often. And certainly not with the very broad differences which are being quoted in the other thread.