snarek
Nothing within current or near future NAS allows you any freer access to airspace you currently enjoy, apart from overflying a D class tower above 4500' in E airspace. This assumes the November 27 changes go through. The CTAF changes next year are not ATC related, so it's hardly a industrial issue with ATC.
You can transit the ML CTR at most times VFR, including over ML airport at 1500ft, if you are competent with procedures. No flight plan required. However, if your track conflicts with departing and arriving traffic, you will get dicked around. I think it is quite unreasonable to expect an airline aircraft to give way to you, when it has been slowed/vectored/held to facilitate their arrival.
It must be remembered there is no provision in NAS to change the C class separation rules or priority. IFR have to be separated from VFR so there is and will be no change to how controllers deal with VFR in CTR's.
So, for all the money spent so far, we've saved nothing and increased the risk.
That's a bum deal in my book.