G'day Mr Approach,
No what, Dick? US RPT Hi Caps are not allowed to operate See and Avoid/VFR or they are?
I'm on yours and Dick's wavelength, I was more responding to the good Cap'n and others. Of course they operate visually, you'd be a fool not to in any airspace classification. They depart IFR but they sure as you know what have a set of eyes outside. And I'll bet my last dollar that any airline that operates out of Ballina would be doing the same thing as any RPT that operates out of a Class D towered aerodrome into E in the States.
My angle is the E proposal is garbage, stupid and not far short of dangerous. If you're gunna do it, do it based on the model that works.