Originally Posted by
Lissart
Can any GA pilot really complain about having to carry and operate a transponder to have access to a TMZ for example?
As long as buying and installing a transponder cost between 20 and 25% of the value my aircraft, I will complain.
Originally Posted by
Lissart
If the same is contiguous with class E you can drive through it VFR without talking to anyone but the people who NEED to know you are there do! So you won't hit that airliner you didn't see.... What ever the statistics about mid-airs and airprox's surely nobody will argue too much with that argument.
Pure class E works in plenty of places in the world. Why does UK ANSPs and UK CAA cannot trust the pilot to judge and maintain VMC?