Sunny #285..in jest?
Actually you DO need an AOC to take photographs from an aircraft. Reg 206 re commercial activities .....Photography
CAsA Prosecutor, not under oath..." NO person can take a photograph from an Aircraft in Australia with out a CPL and an AOC"
Too bad if your profession and income happened to be derived from photography
Thats CAsA for ya...any old BS will do.!
Expect a new reg to be promulgated soon...
' No person sitting next to the pilot in command may use a camera / iPhone/ iPad or any image making device in the cockpit of an Australian registered aircraft.' This is an offence of strict liability 50 pp ($10K)
Most folk wont buy the camera KO scenario... but CAsA probably will.. There might just be a teeny weeny possibility so we/casa will need to eliminate that "risk"