Thanks Jayne. Much appreciated!
Two major outages in MSFS 2020 since MSFS 2024 release. Could be coincidence but probably not. Anyway these are horrible availability and stability values for a software.
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Was able to get and and complete a flight (Texas, USA)… after doing some of the chores I referred to in my earlier post. 
This issue has been resolved. Thank you for your reports!