SYD's in my future I suppose. Definately I see beer in my future. Hafta put the two together.

As for "their train set", yea, that's an understatement. The departure off of 34R is a nightmare, and the controllers apparently have a great desire to hand clearances to pilots with the direct result being a violation. If you don't change the acceleration altitude off of 27 in MEL you'll never make the climb restriction and get a noise violation. Mind you, Manchester isn't much better.

It reminds me of the story of the retiring United skipper leaving Aussie airspace for the last time and making the comment to them that they were "the second best controllers on the planet". They thanked him and asked who was better, to which he replied "everybody else". I always get a giggle out of that one.

Happy flying.