I'd be interested to hear what the private flying fraternity thinks of the new services outside controlled airspace. I've certainly noticed from my end a lot of people who used to take a FIS are now taking Traffic or Deconfliction services, which I think is a step towards safer skies
As especially in the spring and summer months when its light till late many people fly in the early evening. Any Radar service is useless if you have closed and gone home. Which appears to be more and more the case with ATC streamlining.
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