The irony of this issue is the fact that the only way to get this rule repealed would be if everyone actually complied with it.
Could not agree more with that quote.
There are three unintended consequences that CASA claim they are not concerned about (I have their letter stating this).
The most serious issue is unintentional jamming of ATS transmissions by aircraft in the weeds. This occurs because there is no area frequency coverage down to lower levels in vast areas of G airspace Australia wide. Consequently traffic in the weeds do not know when ATS is transmitting.
The lack of coverage is not an issue for the original use of the area VHF frequency but it is a serious issue for the May 2013 changes.
So we have now have a unique situation where an expert consultative group is worried about a safety issue but the regulator is not.
It will be an interesting time if there is a serious event because of this.