Radar707, agree totally with your last post.
It doesn't affect the fact that, as a VFR pilot, I'd treat a Class D control zone and (European) Class E control zone exactly the same way, i.e. talk to the controller (even though it's not required in Class E), hope for traffic information, but basically rely on my own eyes.
But I can see, from your last post, how the two types of airspace are completely different from the controllers' point of view, and how that's relevant to this thread.
Thanks!
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