Beags,
Never said this before, but I have to pick you up on a point of order. The phrase you were looking for is "
Complete and utter balleaux".
Apart from that, 4 x the drift was the taught technique on the F4 IRE course in January 1985. That said, I never saw anyone use it. The REAL technique was fly the headings on the plate and fudge it on the inbound leg to hit the fix.
You couldn't do it in a jet that didn't tell you drift and you didn't need to in a jet that did. Hence, you're absolutely right, is was complete and utter bolleaux.
Anyway, am I right in thinking the approved technique for flyers of airliners is:
4 across on the inbound leg?
As ever,
Courtney