Facts and data tend to be at a premium in the debate about airspace
Let's try to collect some facts and data. (VoR and Woomera: I hope you don't mind me hijacking this sticky for a good cause.)
Dear PPRuNers
1. On the occasions on which you fly VFR, how often have you have had to wait outside controlled airspace while waiting for an airways clearance to enter that airspace?
2. On the occasions on which you have been flying VFR and have had to wait outside controlled airspace while waiting for an airways clearance, how close (in terms of time) were you to the airspace boundary before you provided details to ATC?
3. How often have you wanted to fly, but have been prevented from flying where you wanted to go or at all, because the aircraft had no transponder or the transponder fitted to the aircraft was unserviceable?