411a - RVSM is a supreb aid to ATC in Europe. For one example it allows us to pack Oceanic traffic into optimum levels and routes both ways across the Atlantic giving customer better and more efficient service. Without RVSM in domestic airspace we could not possible handle the density of traffic generated by the Oceanic peak flows.
8.33 is absolutely necessary to allow us to continue to expand our operations to cope with increasing demand. There is a serious shortage of frequencies in Europe where the traffic patterns of countries - not just cities overlap.
We may have some difficulties but then again so did you after the politicians sacked large numbers of ATCOs in 1981. The difference is that we now live in a world where safety regulation is very public and open. The solutions Reagan's government used to "solve" those shortages would not be allowed today.