But I bet the first thing they'll propose is to expand class A, so the get rid of those pesky unwanted little small airplanes with the amateurs in them and the annoying operators who are not paying into the system, right? If you can't cope with it, just force it out. That seems to be the MO here.
Yeah, and this appears to be the attitude that winds me up bigtime. There really is no need for such a huge amount of en-route airspace to be Class A.
Look at the Class A airway going from Southampton to Jersey as an example - it is often empty at say FL35-FL55 but you need a $20,000 IR to enter that piece of airspace.