Gundog01;
Yes mate, I concur. However Willy has tiger country to the west and ocean to the east. The 500ft corridor is OK for fine day VFR and any western option is nothing I would contemplate SE VFR at night.
I have tracked Dubbo Bankstown NVFR direct in Richmond airspace with friendly help, over tiger country, but being watched. Makes you feel a bit better. Just co-operation really and you lot were probably in the mess anyway.
The concept of flight over the top is safe and easy to manage from an arrival and departure point of view. I have planned over Sydney, Brisbane at peak times (not recently however), and seems to be the best option unless ubrupt vertical manouvers are contemplated.
I wouldn't worry about the civvies mate, pretty soon there will be none left of the 'bottom feeders' so all you have to worry about is the regionals.
Pity really.