So the question is how exactly do we deal with melee.
This is perhaps the broader question behind my original post, but I'll wait for the two promised guides to read about that

To be honest, it's good to see that there's no "obvious" right answer. Not only does it make for some good morning-coffee-entertainment (thanks guys) but it means I wasn't necessarily being just plain stupid when I was struggling to make the decision for myself.

In the meantime, I've taken it on just one of my guys (my normal resto-specced "leader") and tried to work it into my survival rotation.

It definitely saved me a few deaths last night in WG and AV, but then I'm not at the stage of the game where a single GCD will make or break an encounter for me yet - I'm barely beyond the mindless keyboard mashing stage!