Creamy. All,pretty commonsense.
If flying en route try and avoid tracking through the circuit area of each airport on the way.
That's what I do. I follow the roads and the best scenery.
Most of the stuff about avoiding IFR came about because of the almost total obsession of some older IFR pilots that they would collide with VFR if we didn't keep the old FS system with radio arranged separation.
Last time I looked at the LAX VTC it showed the main airline approach and departure routes through the class E airspace for obvious reasons
Creamy. You almost seem to have a chip on your shoulder! Why not get back involved again in reducing some of the unecessary costs .
And yes. I have always cherry picked the best ideas. If you did the same perhaps you could get your own CJ !