Spot on;
I suggest you drill into the "SCARY NEAR MISS STATISTICS" in the USA with their different rules. Their sloppy incident reporting distorts that picture further. I've many friends who fly GA in the USA and they are **** scared near some busy pieces of airspace and would love to have the "positive separation" that our pilots enjoy. Europe is worse!
Well said to the man in the tower. Sums it up perfectly.