Anyway, I've lost track of what your point is here.
Gonzo,
My points are two fold:
1) For everyone to fully understand what LARS is
2) For airspace to re-designed to permit VFR aircraft to safely enter it.
We agree that nobody really knows what point 1 is.
So let's talk about point 2.
A few other posters have commented that someone needs to pay for it to set it up.
My point is that it's controlled airspace has been set up to provide protection to fare paying passengers.
They are the ones who really don't want the mid-air collision.
They are also the ones who primarily contribute towards en-route charges and navigation charges.
However all that has been done, instead of providing services to keep air traffic separated, is set up this massive and complex Class A airspace all around London.
This means everyone who is flying VFR gets NO TRANSIT OR CLEARANCE is wasting huge amounts of time and fuel trying to REMAIN OUTSIDE CONTROLLED AIRSPACE, being made to flying low, and unsuccessfully avoid huge airspace resulting in:
idiots .... infringing CAS and causing chaos!!!!
And more NATS employees hurtling abuse on forums.
Why do we never have this problem out here in New York?
Pilots are not the idiots.
It is because the airspace has been designed properly and everyone has access.
Therefore it makes sense that you start taking fresh look at London airspace and think about granting all aircraft access,
regardless of flight rules.
Given your airline customers are the ones who need or want the airspace, it makes most sense that you recover your costs through them as they are the people who benefit most from it.
As seen by your en-route charges and airport navigation charges, GA really cannot afford to pay those rates.
But to keep out aircraft just because you think they're not paying anything for it is just extremely poor.