Originally Posted by BOAC
I presume I can ignore the rest of your post after you 'quoted' me?
Please allow me to rephrase the point of my post that you seem to have missed. The single 'rule of flying' that I see is that in general you should not rely on the protections because they may not always be present. However, there a a few very specific conditions where it is appropriate to put aside any doubt about the integrity of those protections.