Originally Posted by OCEAN WUN ZERO
IBTD CAS is establised to provide a known traffic environment and provide protection for ALL users at critical phases of flight.
Then why isn't around every airport? (Which, by your supposition, it would be). It may be there for the reasons you state, but there has to be a perceived need to have it established. GA statistics are not taken into account when deciding whether to establish CAS.
Now - looking at the Coventry website I see 13 ATM's between 0600 & 2000 tomorrow (tuesday). Hardly justification for 24Hr Class 'D' on the large scale they are requesting is it?