Unfortunately Bloggs, the fundamentalists and zealots will continue to peddle the clap-trap that, ultimately, comes down to reliance on the BST. Amazing, isn't it, that people who are otherwise intelligent and articulate prosecute their argument on an underlying assumption that chance will save your ass?
Frank, I might be out of step here, but I am not anti-RAA - far from it. For the life of me, I cannot understand why an RAA aircraft cannot access airspace that others can. The only proviso is that they are visible to the system and operate with the necessary degree of professionalism (and I don't say they don't).
As I understand it, this is a CASA ruling that RAA cannot operate in controlled airspace - particularly control zones. Beats the hell out of my why. In short, RAA exclusion is not RPT driven; it's regulator driven.