IND TRACON CTLR CONCERNED WITH POTENTIAL TFC CONFLICT WITH IFR DEPS OFF EYE; 7 MI N OF IND.

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IND AND EYE ARE LOCATED 7 NM APART. IND HAS CLASS C AIRSPACE AND EYE HAS CLASS E AIRSPACE. IND OPERATES ON A RWY 23L/R OP APPROX 75-80% OF THE TIME DUE TO PREVAILING WINDS FROM THE SW. SIMILARLY; EGE OPERATES ON A RWY 21 OP. EGE RWY 21 HAS A STANDARD 'L-HAND TFC' WITH A PRESCRIBED DEP PROC OF 'CLB RWY HDG UNTIL 1200 FT BEFORE TURNING.' FAA ORDER 7110.65N GOVERNS EGE IFR DEPS. THE ORDER PROHIBITS ATC ASSIGNMENT OF A DIRECTION OF TKOF/TURN AFTER TKOF. THUS; AS A RESULT OF THE EGE RWY 21 DEP PROC; THE L-HAND TFC PATTERN; THE INABILITY TO ASSIGN AN INITIAL HDG TO BE FLOWN IMMEDIATELY AFTER TKOF AND THE PROX TO THE IND; ACFT DEPARTING EGE RWY 21 ARE PLACED IN DIRECT CONFLICT WITH TFC AT IND. SEPARATION IS LOST WITHIN 5 MI OF FLT IF TFC DEPARTS 'STRAIGHT OUT' OFF OF EGE RWY 21 (CONFLICTS WITH IND RWY 23L/R DEPS). THIS DISTANCE (5 NM) DOES NOT ALLOW SUFFICIENT TIME FOR RADIO CONTACT TO BE MADE; RADAR IDENT TO BE ESTABLISHED; A TURN TO AVOID THE CONFLICT TO BE ISSUED AND THE PLT TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND EXECUTE THE INSTRUCTION. SEPARATION IS LOST IMMEDIATELY IF TFC DEPARTS AND MAKES A L TURNOUT (CONFLICTS WITH IND RWY 23L/R ARRS). INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH; EGE RWY 21 IS SERVED BY 2 INST APCH PROCS. BOTH OF THESE INST APCH PROCS UTILIZE R TURNS FOR THEIR MISSED APCH PROCS. WHY ISN'T THE STANDARD PATTERN FOR RWY 21 DEPS R-HAND TFC? IN CLOSING; EGE NEEDS TO INCORPORATE 'R-HAND TFC' TO RWY 21 AND ESTABLISH CLASS E SURFACE AREA IMMEDIATELY. THOSE CHANGES WILL ALLOW ATC TO ASSIGN DIRECTION OF TKOF/TURN OR INITIAL HDG TO BE FLOWN AFTER TKOF. UNTIL THESE CHANGES ARE MADE; AN UNSAFE OP EXISTS AND AIR TFC CTL IS HELPLESS TO PROVIDE A SAFE; ORDERLY AND EFFICIENT OP AT BOTH ARPTS SIMULTANEOUSLY.