MPN11
As you stated, FIH is purely a guideline if you don't have enough time!
Get out as much as you can while you can, f**k protocol, just get it out there!
At Bastion, Sep 2006, I was one of the first to see the mIRC of XV230 report from the Harrier. Straight onto CCIS/RASDA to see the callsign/type/dep/dest/AAR. Once Minimise kicked in, so-called "Aviation Experts" on Sky News (our only remaining link to the outside world) started spouting Bollocks which upset ODI crews. Not to mention KIN families who at that stage probably thought they weren't involved. "The only aircraft to carry that many people is a C130 or a CH47"