I'm sorry, but how is this not an improvement over current setups?
chookcook,
'coz well known CNS/ATM expert Bloggsie says so, isn't that enough for you??
Class E is introduced over Launceston, causes a near midair with a RPT jet,
There you go, chookcook, that proves it, Class E airspace causes magnetic attraction between aircraft.
If that is not enough for you, E airspace is widely used in many other countries, US and Canada, of course, that conclusively proves it is "not safe".
Tootle pip!!
PS: Funny that Bloggsie always brings up the Tasmanian incident, but never the one north of Brisbane at about the same time. Light aircraft pilots are not to be believed (Weejend Warriors, Blundering Bug Smashers etc.) unless, of course, the lighty pilot happens to be a member of a particular union, then he is a fine upstanding pillar of the community, a paragon of rectitude and responsibility, whose aviation professionalism and skill is beyond question.