Clunckdriver
I'd like to see some stats or accident reports blaming QFE for "the top 300 feet of hills and mountains around the world are covered with bent metal thanks to QFE"? The only one I can name is AA at KBDL in the early '90s where the tower abandoned ship due to high winds, the crew didn't have a correct QNH to convert to QNH and hit the trees on Avon Mountain. Other than that, I cannot remember an airline accident blamed on QFE. In fact, EA and AA used QFE precisely because it give pilots a better reference as to their height above the runway. Needless to say, I like it and, once accustomed to it at EA, saw it advantages.
Where QFE is the standard means of altimetry, why go against it. The conversions can cause more problems than just comforming.
GF