I understand what is being said about Stansted and CAS in general. I have to stress that in MOST cases the ATC in the UK is second to none and I have no particular problems anywhere. That said what does become more evident is that the denial of access to CAS appears to be more of a problem of controller workload than a/c separation limits. If that is so (remember I said IF) then the number of controllers needs to be addressed. I raised this on another thread and quite properly had a response or two that said we don't have enough controllers. If the lack of controllers is denying access to legitimate airspace users then surely some authority must be able to say the terms of the airspace classification is being breached and appropriate action taken. I don't have answers folks just questions. Am I being naieve in thinking just so long as CAT is not affected nothing will be done?