Hi On eyre and thanks for the reply. No offense taken.
You raise some interesting points. At the end of the day there only "x" amount of dollars to go around and i suspect that even it the powers that be said yep you guys can have a tower in (insert favorite location) but the users i.e airlines, flying schools,charter operators and private flying will have to pay for it then i just don't see it happening. Could the old system i.e flight service have developed/morphed/matured into an system that is user friendly and cost effective? We will never know.
Please don't hate me but dare i say it. Affordable safety.
Anyway just wanted to put my original comment into perspective/context based on my experiences.
Fly safe and play hard.
Cheers Greg