Draft procedure for reviewing the classification of airspace

I am pleased to see that you are being given the power to review and amend airspace classification where appropriate, and that you will have the skills necessary to undertake airspace design. I hope you will use these new powers to strike a fair balance between the safety needs of both commercial and general aviation. It is particularly important that commercial aviation should only be allocated airspace that it really needs for safe operation substantiated by a safety case. Every allocation of airspace will lead to increased density of general aviation traffic and reduced safety in the remaining airspace. General aviation does not have the funds to propose airspace changes to counter commercial applications. I hope the CAA will use its new airspace design skills to develop fair compromise solutions where this is appropriate.

Rather than 'consider' reviewing, establish a routine of reviewing every two years.
As well as reviewing where 'we', the CAA considers a change might be made, add where 'others' consider a change might be made.

Replace 'appropriate intelligence' with 'carry out an objective analysis of available data relating to all airspace users'.
Do not exclude recent design changes from consideration. First of all 'recent' is too vague a definition, more importantly, it may be that the internal design capability proposed for the CAA could improve some recently allocated airspace.

In the interest of transparency, provide the reasoning behind proposals being made.

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