The few of us who are professionals in the field of ATC makes most of this thread unbearable to read
No not even pilots, no matter their flight experience have nothing more than a basic understanding of ATC systems, so please stop purporting an expertise level of understanding because you may be an experience pilot
I would never purport to be an aircraft expert, but due to my profession we have some associated knowledge just like pilots have of ATC.
There is some pure speculative bull**** about how ATC systems work, and it's obvious, outside of the few ATCOs on here, nobody has much of a clue what they are talking about.
I seriously doubt that area is entirely covered with PSR, SSR yes, but PSR has a range of 80-100NM only, and PSR sites are rare in comparison.
Even OTHR didn't find MH370 and I doubt it will help here either.