Kapt Kremen at al. Sorry, but you have missed the point.
We do not have time to sit there and fine tune your plan to fly within 1/4 mile of the zone boundary. THAT is the point.
We help when we can, but when it comes to the point where IFR jets are going through the localiser, or unable to climb because some plonker who wants to give their life story and are coming nowhere near the zone, then it is UNACCEPTABLE to call.
As I said, on our sectors everyone will try and get traffic through. But the fact that you want to fly close to the edge is your own lookout.
Those who aim to fly along the northern edge of the zone on their moving maps, a gnats whisker away from CAS and forget there is a strong northerly wind get no sympathy from us.
Oh, and we don't do lengthy paperwork anymore, just a quick logon to the computer and events are now filed straight into the system.
I for one do not think that the system is perfect, and am a strong backer of a London LARS setup - but the local approach units are largely too busy to hold your hand.
Sorry.