I agree with you Tankengine.
We don't need to restrict VFR traffic near these airports. Its a waste of time and money. Having flown up and down the east coast of the US many time I found it interesting that one of the most common places to find VFR traffic transiting Charleston SC (Mil/Civil) was right over the top of the airport at 4500ft in Class E.
It seems strange that a country like the US can have a proven safe system whereby 4 squadrons of C-17s can operate out of the same airport with VFR/airline/military traffic exceeding 300 movements a day and we seem to be struggling to adopt it.
We are determined not to let light aircraft into the vast swathes of wasted C airspace we have here on a clear VMC day, yet we seem so enamored with sending multiple IFR aircraft into the same radar covered airspace at the same time, such as Avalon, with absolutely no separation services at all. Does anyone else see the irony of this? This is sheer stupidity.
MJ