Originally Posted by
Dick Smith
In many cases giving a separation service in E is no more labour intensive than giving traffic information in G.
And to think you used to work at CASA, one would have thought you would have more of an understanding of ATC, Dick.
What a ridiculous, untrue, dangerous, and insulting statement to all ATC's.
You clearly don't understand the complexities of providing a separation service, particularly considering that it's often going to have to be a procedural (non surveillance) solution and run over HF with no direct VHF comms until 4000 ft, at many aerodromes.
You also fail to appreciate the increased physiological demands placed on the controller with the extra airspace. No longer are they providing traffic and monitoring the situation passively while two aircraft safely negotiate separation (usually less than an ATC separation standard) on the CTAF or the numbers. They are having to actively monitor the traffic they have issued clearances to, to ensure continual application of appropriate separation standards and solve all of these NEW conflicts. Considering the aforementioned lack of surveillance and VHF in many places this becomes incredibly arduous in terms of mental capacity and workload.
Please, understand the minutae of what you're saying before posting.