Many thanks for the information. I had assumed the procedures were drawn with the worst possible scenario in mind; thankfully, that WPS rarely happens. As a private pilot, I'm always very interested in what's happening when I fly commercially. I've passed through both EGLL and EGKK many times over the years and I can't recall any departures that seemed out of the ordinary. I'll be back to EGLL in 3 weeks when we connect there from an overnight BA flight out of KJFK onto a late morning service to Milan Linate. I'll have a chance to experience a southeast departure then. I wish BA A320's had Concorde-style Marilake displays.
