The Asobo nerf hammer has killed offline AI traffic...on the ground at least

I presume you have never used Pilot2ATC, which is excellent. Of course, you have to speak to the controllers using real world radio protocols which, if you do not know them, you will have to study.

However, it is so much better than the ‘default’ that there is no possible comparison.

The thread by the way is about offline AI traffic, not ATC.