Cap'n Arrr,
If anyone was concerned about holding, why not just use the inland lane and stay OCTA?
Why not change the way we think about VFR traffic being freely allowed into controlled airspace, especially where there is radar surveillance? Why do we hold onto these ideas that were popular 50 years ago?
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here where Buckley Air Force Base sits to the south of DIA, underneath Denver International Airport's Class B step. To the south west of Buckley is Centennial airport and 5nm southeast of DIA is Front Range airport, also underneath class B. As you can see, Buckley Air Force Base (military) is Class D and is traversed DAILY by VFR traffic flying from Centennial to Front Range Airport. I have made this short trip many times myself and on the occasions that the F16's of the ANG were present or the Air Force's A-10 were present we were told to remain clear of the Buckley Class D, otherwise we were promptly allowed to enter. If we did have to bypass the Air Force's Class D we only had to divert 4.3nm to the south of the airport or alternatively ask Denver Approach for a class B clearance and fly over the top of Buckley's Airspace.
What is interesting is that the Buckley Air Force Base Class D extends only 4.3NM from the airport itself. Compare this to the 24nms at Williamtown! Why on earth do we need all this wasteful class C airspace everywhere even with military traffic? The US has a great system but folks here are so resistant to changing anything.
Instead of devoting 80 odd posts on the topic inventing reasons not to change, why not look for solutions instead of problems? We need look no further than the parliament approved NAS!
MJ