OK so the headline was 300 near misses in the last 3 years... What are we counting here, breakdowns in separation standards, TCAS RAs, Failures to pass traffic in DTI, where does the 300 come from?
If it's TCAS RAs that is far from a 'Near Miss'; I have seen many RAs where the standard existed, always existed and remained in place despite the RA.
As an ATC who sees controllers getting stood-down when they have a BOS, (which is often far from a 'near miss'); I can't for the life of me remember more than a dozen or so in the past 3 years; so where are the 'facts' from?
And how does bringing in more Class E resolve the headline?