Now we can see the problem of visual approaches for many UK operators. Getting them to do one is almost impossible. Also last minute runway changes are complex for them to say the least. There are times when I think that the people who run some UK training departments don't trust their pilots and are scared of flying. To make up for that they have highly restrictive SOPs and unless everything briefed to the last pointless detail they are unable to commence an approach. This would make sense if it did some good and the brief could be remembered during the approach - but incident reports show that this is not the case. BOAC has summed it up beautifully.