Which practice is discouraged to prevent excessive separation for no reason?

• A. Separating aircraft from SUA when it is inactive.
• B. Climbing overflights to clear a departure to a safe altitude when a safe altitude already exists.
• C. Moving yellow alert aircraft unnecessarily.
• D. Unnecessarily delaying a pilot or controller request.

Answer: (A)

The main idea is avoiding unnecessary separation that doesn’t add safety or efficiency. If Special Use Airspace is inactive, it no longer imposes active restrictions or a need for extra separation. Continuing to keep aircraft well clear of that airspace when it’s inactive creates excessive separation for no real benefit, tying up airspace and reducing throughput without improving safety.

The other options describe actions that introduce unnecessary workload or delays, or add maneuvering where it isn’t required, which harm efficiency or operations—but they don’t specifically address maintaining extra separation from an inactive airspace.