Yep, BARKINGMAD, you are spot on - the same fellow insisted on one procedure which was directly opposite to the manufacturer's because it was the method employed in his previous airline...
To be fair, our current FOI could not really be more helpful - and nowadays everything has to go through a risk-assessment so there's not much room for private foibles. Plus the CAA seems to be haemorrhaging staff since EASA, and the ones remaining are utterly maxed.
So you can come back now, the coast is clear
