I just saw the topic of the post and hanen't read on, but in my ideal world we would have a hell of alot more radar coverage, less amalgamation of ATC frequencies and congestion and all aircraft fitted with Mode C and TCAS. At the moment it is going the other way and we will soon get to the point where the reason for having the above mentioned items will be apparent when there is a serious a to a . i don't compromise my safety but the system seems to be... and that only can go so far!