Who is more at risk - the 62 ton Boeing on departure at 250kts, 3500ft climbing OR the C172 at 90kts S&L 3,500ft maintaining a sharp lookout..?
A near miss might spill my tea but the wake will send you uncontrollable. Your arguments about restricting controlled airsace are akin to cyclists wanting to restrict cycle lanes.
There are big heavy fast trucks out there and you'd rather they not be seperated and closed off from you? If Coventry does not get its CAS then there will be a serious flight safety hazard and if the worst did happen one day then GA would be FUBAR'd by the time the next Daily Mail hit the breakfast table of middle England.
Rich playboys in their polluting pleasure craft (as GA would be portrayed) would face the full force of public ignorance and politicians craven desire to be seen to do something. That something being Mode S and compulsory flight plans for every flight like elsewhere in Europe at the very least. Not to mention the insurance companies reassessing their willingness to offer GA cover following a 180 person air disaster wiping out several housing estates...
So which if going to be more harmful to GA?
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