Excellent! Thank you chaps... (does that say CEO after Phils name? Gulp - doffs cap, tugs forelock)
I agree, Phil, with your observations about PSS... I originally bought the aerosoft A320, but its VC only - which is ok except it means a lot of panning, tilting and zooming with the mouse to see and/or click/unclick various switches and buttons. Its enough to give you motion sickness when you're on a visual approach! So I searched for an alternative, and found the PSS Airbus pro, in fact I've got most PSS aircraft. I have experienced quite a few little annoyances - the darned alarm going off to tell me the oil temp is too high on the 777 and 757 - and I haven't started the engines yet! What I have found is, if I'm careful loading it up - default flight first, then change the airport, then the time date, then the aircraft...and if I have my FPS pegged at 30 or less, leaving me enough CPU capacity, it normally works ok. Anyway, all this is acedemic, as I'll be slogging around in turbo props for while yet before the airline lets me get me mits on a jet!
Thanks for your help. Interesting discussion, and I'll try out a few merges.
DM