With how it currently is, you are right. I'm however talking about the way it should be, as especially you should know how unattractive playing police characters currently is, while the player list shows in what systems people are, and experienced players usually know where the hot spots in a system are. And then the home systems usually have a well placed trade lane network where you just need a few minutes to find the enemy battlegroup. Getting rid of the metagame list is one step to have people log TLAGSNET-characters more, or to have PvP-focused people less logging.
As I just wrote in a PM with another person, the probably best compromise is making it regional, as people still know where to look and the others feel a bit more save.
