Im heavily involved in this industry at present and whilst it is wise to be cautious, the majority of this thread is storm in a tea cup type stuff.
TCAS for VLJ's would be far more effective in use in class G as a lot of these a/c will be operating from regional fields without any radar capability until they join airways.
As for airways, due to the low speeds currently anwhere from .58 to .68 then Swanwick appears to favour 280 or below unless you can get a quick climb above 370, and even then it depends on your destination and the day etc.
The biggest problem by far facing the introduction of the VLJ's is pilots - simply put - we do not have enough...... either for the charter fleet or for the owner fleet that will require safety / mentor pilots (although i do not agree with the word mentor we seem to be sheep in europe and have a desire to follow the yanks) - wrong, very wrong....... IMHO
Still we manage to drive with the smart car on the roads so i am sure we will manage with VLJ's - its all relative, and there is a sensible solution out there..
