Originally Posted by
roundsounds
Since “harmonising with ICAO” guidelines the process of flying in Australia on a foreign licence has gone from quick and simple to almost unworkable. ICAO say you should be able to rock up and go flying if you hold a licence issued by an ICAO compliant authority, however CASA want all sorts of hurdles jumped.
Folks,
Based on experience, the two big hurdles are the ASIC/AVID and the need for the Authority that issued the original license to be validated confirming direct to CASA that the applicant exists and the licence is genuine.
A policy based on every foreign pilot is probably a terrorist, and every foreign licence is probably a forgery is not a balanced policy.
This is what killed GA flying tourist groups in Australia, years ago it used to be quite big business, but Australian bureaucracy, mostly but not only CASA, killed it.
Tootle pip!!