Its the money, stupid....
Dick et al,
ASA makes a profit of around $100m anually.
The 'management' of ASA make bonuses directly related to that profit.
I doubt that there are any ATCs who would argue that what Dick proposes re CFIT prevention is a worthy aim of ATC.
BUT
ATC's are not the ones signing the cheques. ASA are not about to degrade their profit by a single cent in the pursuit of mere safety.
You talk of software changes - where are the software engineers?
Controller recurrent training has been cut back to a level I can only describe as pathetic, let alone with any new procedures to be trained up.
Dick, if you want to change this change resistant culture you speak of, talk to the head bean counters (I'll bring my own popcorn) not the coalface controllers who are busting their privates to keep the current system running.
GA makes no profit, therefore there is no corporate interest.
Re-align the objectives of the board (and with it the government) away from mega profit to actually providing a service and you could find things happening in a way you could not have dreamt possible.
Off to the Bloody Tower.