And as far as CFIT after deperting VFR expecting a clearance, It will happen in AUS in the next 12 months ( after June 3 )
No it won't unless some impressionable pilot/pilots listen to the nonsense that Dick Smith and Ledsled are sprouting. I can tell you one thing: if my aeroplane cannot get to the LSALT without a clearance, I'm not going anywhere.