Class D Sucks

I'll chime in on this with a slight tangent...

My airport - HYX / Saginaw Mi - is an uncontrolled field with a 5,000
foot runway, VOR-A approach, GPS approach, NDB approach, and the brand
spanking new ILS is to be turned on 'any day now'...

This oughta get good once the jets (and mucho others) start shooting
ILS into the field and don't understand that local traffic does N O T
listen to ATC - especially the nordo guys... Plus, students will often
be shooting crosswind circuits and bangs for practice (3 flight
schools on field) - and me too, slow learner...
And worse, on nice days the jumpers talk to ATC up until 2 minutes
before jumping when their s**t head pilot makes a single announcement
on a really busy 122.8... Someday there's gonna be a happening due to
that... Meat bombs at 120 mph straight down from 12,000 feet into a
busy airport pattern... (arghh)
Actually, a jumper hit a hangar in November breaking his leg and
denting the hangar, (it used to be my hangar) but I guess you can't
blame that on the radios...
A Class D would actually be an improvement...

Denny