Use of VRPs by ATC

[dublinpilot]

I think your experience might be very Dutch centric. CTR's are certainly not standard at 8nm radius, and VRPs are not limited to CTRs.

I appreciate that you can simply look at your screen and see a VRP and navigate towards it, but then the same can be said for most points. Are VRPs visible on normal zoom levels when not routing via them? If so the screen must get very crowded.

And you've conviently ignored the issue of transits.

Of course the same issue apply for any other points along your flight...not just VRPs. Simplicity of entry and speed of entry are very important factors to reduce heads in time.