No doubt, Tom, you will be aware of the North Yorks crew who were sacked recently for saying they were unable to take a 999 call whilst on their meal break (story http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/north_yorkshire/6319675.stm ). Can you give us a take on this? The rules I find still a bit confusing, but am I right in recalling from your earlier posts that a crew is not supposed to be called if they are longer than 10 minutes' away from the end of that break? The BBC article makes no mention of this. Since the UK seems to have become a nation of spoon-fed dummies when it comes to "news", it's usually the important details that get left out of a quick story and then snap judgements get made by 'society' - alas, 'tis the way - that's why I read blogs like yours. /j