Richard Russell wrote:

By inappropriate comfort
level I meant that the pilot may have a false sense of security
because he thinks the controller is responsible for more than he
really is.

This is, unfortunately, true. There's someone with whom I no longer fly who
refused to take preventative measures regarding traffic w/in CDW's class D
because "it's the controller's job". Scary.

But this is not the fault of class D airspace. Rather, it is the fault of
training, and perhaps the understanding of the phrase "controlled
airspace". I don't understand this confusion, myself, as any that exists
should be cleared up the moment the student asks "but why is class E called
'controlled'?".

- Andrew