Rule 3- the airspace design that seems incredulous to you- where IFRs are vectored around VFR (?) 'paints' in the UK, is EXACTLY what happens in the US NAS class E. Ask one of your current colleagues.
This is the airspace design that the Nastonauts are proposing to introduce. The BIG DIFFERENCE in places like Broome, of course, is that there is no radar coverage to have to worry about vectoring IFRs around 'paints'!!
Incredible? Well, that's one word for it.
As for the UK-
calling an airspace a letter, is different to mandating what actual
service occurs in that airspace- a la class G in oz (class F). Dick, if you want to blame ATS administrations for using weasil words, blame their political masters who have made it an art form. eg. ministerial 'directions' that do nothing other than placate vocal constituents.
