Give me a break, Mutt .. I'm just a boring old engineer who likes to stir the pot a little ... and, indeed, a very warm welcome to Old Red - we need a procedures specialist to keep the rest of us honest in respect of that discipline ...
Actually, the question of Australian things has become a bit hazy in recent years. First, I've been away for sufficient time now that I am almost a stranger there. Second, due to the active involvement of various Industry interests over the past however many years, Australia largely has thrown out the baby with the bathwater. Much of what was uniquely useful is now gone and, to an increasing extent, the Australian requirements substantially mirror those of the US.
It follows that Richard and I have more than a passing interest in the US rule scene. JAR-OPS, with which I am trying to come to grips at the moment, appear to confuse things with even more skill than the Americans....
Richard, being an oenological enthusiast in the company of like-minded people (although most of us claim skill only in respect of post manufacture quality assurance testing programs), is, without any possible doubt, a fine fellow ...
So far as this forum is concerned, there is, of course, a need for quantitative discussion when appropriate. I take the more general view, however, that it is equally if not more important, to talk in pertinent qualitative terms with which the line pilot often can be more comfortable - while still being challenged by the intellectual stimulation so important to engender constructive thought about the set of problems with which pilots are bedevilled.