Dear Capt 2400
You are obviously a supporter of LLAMP but you and Capt Bill don't seem to realise that whatever model is put in place it has to be used to be beneficial to ALL. Certainly LLAMP or NAS will not work in their existing form, so the model you see now will more than likely be somewhat different at the end of the day. The safety case for LLAMP provided by airservices is a sham and will not progress through CASA without additional work. Basing the NAS safety case on the American model is clever, but again any change will enforce a revisit to the safety case which will of course be then required. AOPA and the Regionals seem only to see their own patch and not the big picture. Any constructive comment should look at all the factors, even the ones that don't directly concern you. You are correct that Pike does not seem to see the nuts and bolts of the big picture in his letter. Perhaps his advice is bias?. Their representative at the AWG I think you will find ran his own agenda and the sooner AOPA realizes that and put him out to pasture the better off they will be. It is also very clear that RHS is behind the AOPA position, as they continue to tread the line in supporting NAS without any apparent constructive thought or comment. It is also clear that they don't seem to consider the cost of such a model as a significant factor (in the letter anyway). There is a very real chance that NAS might be more expensive to provide. If that is the case, please tell me who is going to pay for it? Triadic is right in that following blindly the illusion of worlds best practice may well see us with a significantly worse airspace model. Like it or not, we have to consider all users and some it seems don't wish to acknowledge that we are now in the 21st century. Especially the sports and gliders. Hopefully CASA will have the guts to drag them over the line in the name of safety and pure old common sense.