It's not VIP only - You have to apply to be in a faction, right Versus indie? Please tell me the difference. If you don't want to be in a faction, the fly independent. I fail to see the difference here. You say that we, the jury, make the call. Again, how is this different than any faction? And should I quote MY post, where I said that this SRP for the ID will be a hell of a lot easier? So you are quoting something that I already said won't be the case... Unless you chose to ignore that part of my post.
As I said, no matter what we do, people will complain. 1,000 cargo? NO! HOW DARE YOU!. Limit to cargo? NO! HOW DARE YOU DETERMINE HOW MUCH I CAN CARRY. Present an ID and let people show they are responsible/will be responsible with what could be an OP ID? NO, HOW DARE YOU! Seriously, nothing will please you lot. Disappointing really. Especially when it is all subject to change. Maybe down the road we see that "hey, maybe we'll make it non-SRP" (Considering, as I said, this is just a upgrade to the Freelancer ID. So you don't want to be a Researcher/apply for it? Then be "un-official" in terns of official and indies, and fly a Freelancer ID.
Seriously, there is NOTHING lost by adding this ID, but a ton of RP potential to gain.