Thanks for the inputs
I want to go on record as saying how much I appreciate the contributions I have received. This is surely the way PPrune is supposed to work!
A sad contrast with my experience on the Pax & SLF forum, where I posted a request for advice about pursuing a claim. No advice - instead I have been 'trolled' furiously by people who:
a. Based on false assumptions about what actually happened, don't think there should be an entitlement to compensation
b. Even if there is, think that the legislation should not exist
c. Even if it does, think I am wrong to want to use it
c. Hope that I don't get any money if I do claim
d. Hope that I choke on any money I get!
It's actually quite an entertaining read, if only to show how some people can lose it, big time. Although I didn't enjoy the implications that I am a liar, the most hurtful part of the whole thing was to be told I am probably a banker. Now that's the kind of insult that goes deep. But on the positive side, the trolls have had a lot of fun without doing any real harm except to their own blood pressure.