2D,
I totally agree with everything you say. The system you describe is pretty much how it works in France, and seems fine (though it is being muddied by the provision of a mongrel FIS/RIS to VFR traffic.)
I do not accept the 2T limit. I would have thought that distinction between AOC and non-AOC might be more reasonable, but frankly I would prefer that charges be raised on everyone. After all, a 90kt C172 is more of a burden to the airways than a 170kt Aztec or 240kt turboprop.
The reason that I raise this issue regularly is that I am simply not prepared to let the ill thought out existing system to pass uncommented. I will stop whingeing as you put it when I feel that I am being dealt with fairly.
Last edited by Timothy; 8th June 2004 at 21:57.