NFR is correct. No one has any issues with increasing levels of safety/service. The opposition is because, Dick, you seem to be under the impression that you can get MORE blood out of the stone. YOU CANNOT GET MORE FOR NOTHING OUT OF THE ATC SYSTEM BECAUSE IT HAS BEEN PARED TO THE BONE ALREADY, UNDERSTAND??
ASA are struggling to meet their "core business" requirements. They can't release ATC's from the console to instruct trainee ATC's who then could release them to go and instruct....IF you could ever convince anyone involved to spend MORE money instead of LESS, ATCs wouldnt give a fat rats clacker if you wanted CLASS C SFC - F600...happy to do it, and you'd get no opposition. Don't ask the FEW to do MORE though, you'll break the system completely.