A couple fo points we seem to be missing.
(And I am ignoring the frequency issue because when I'm not p!ssed off at plazbot i am arguing to put them back).
1. ATC must give IFR - IFR and KNOWN VFR.
2. Transponders become mandatory in E.
So, if you are letting down over Dunk Island, Merimbula, Moruya, Dubbo etc etc, where there is NO RADAR, won't the fact that the a/c in E have transponders INCREASE the safety levels???
The arguments that you are going so fast you are gonna hit em means that you will hit em in the CTAF because the ones in the CTAF won't be listening to you on the area even if it is printed on the maps. Remedy, faster planes make further out calls.
So, that seems safer to me.
Where there is RADAR, but no C or D won't the fact that the a/c will now be in E WITH transponders make it more likely the traffic will be KNOWN and thus passed to the IFR???
Or is there a cultural problem I am overlooking here???
AK