Shack, well said!

Although I always did question mutual use airspace in the TRACOM environment once I had enough experience to know better(student solos/midair potential etc.), the old addage of thats the way we do it so let's continue to do it seems to work for the most part but certainly could be done a bit different. For those that question that environment because of the AF upbringing I would submit it's just what you're used to. USN/USMC training and fleet squadrons alike generally utilize mutual use airspace in addition to exclusive use airspace. It provides alot of flexiblity to OPS shops for 1v1, FCF, FAM/FORM type flights. Arguably it's next to impossible to work AIC in that type of airspace so we tend not to do that. The TRACOM environment in my experience as a student and as an IP at the FRS level is so fluid and changes so often that 'hard scheduling' that many sorties in assigned airspace invariably becomes a train wreck especially when competing with multiple squadrons/wings for that airspace. Sure it could be managed better at the ODO level but generally it seems to work.