class action? Put them out of business
Why? It will make our lives harder.
CASA steered all the ASICs through one issuing body without giving people a list of options of issuing bodies or putting it out to tender. Now these hackers have your ARN as well. Well done, CASA.
Ummm - No.
1.Aviation ID exists because CASA made a complete dogs breakfast of its initial attempt issue ASIC Cards. By complete dogs breakfast, I mean unmitigated disaster taking months to issue cards and losing applications, etc.
2. There are many other issuing bodies. But the system is centered around the airlines who issue their own ASIC cards. GA was left out in the cold by CASA and Aviation ID filled the vacuum
Would it though? By all accounts the USA looked into a similar system post 9/11 and didn't go through with it.
100% correct.
After 9/11 both the FAA &CASA looked at aviation security. CASA wrote about a 2 page report and concluded we needed fences at airports, locks on GA aircraft and Aviation ID cards. The FAA wrote about a 50 page document that looked in depth at the risks associated with each of the different segments of GA (private, corporate, charter, training, sport, airshows, aerial agriculture) and concluded that the low risk of GA didn't warrant additional measures except for aerial ag which had some biosecurity concerns.
I read both documents in detail. Unfortunately, they are both long gone from the public websites.
We have ASIC cards because of lack of competence by CASA and the arrogant attitude it has to GA.
Who cares if Aviation ID are making money? The alternative will be more expensive with worse service via CASA. What we really need is a review of the whole security arrangements. Its time to ditch the aircraft locks, security gates and ASIC cards.