Lodown
4711, can't the same situation regarding VFR aircraft at upper altitudes mixing with 737s occur now? It comes back to having figures which support a thorough safety analysis.
No - at least not into any controlled aerodrome. At jet levels it is currently all Class A, C or D, which means that IFR get fully separated from evryone. VFRs need a clearance to be there.
The only way a jet could be in that situation now would be in the lower traffic/lower risk areas where they descend from C, perhaps through E into G.
In NAS 2B, IFR jets, even on the busiest routes into our busiest aerodrome, lose separation services. In some of the less busy places (e.g. Launceston), they don't even have the possibility of a radar service to alert them - assuming the VFR is painting on radar.
PS - DOn't give anyone any ideas! The second our 'bugs' become 'features', we will have to start paying for them!!!!
