unfortunately the Department has never given any consideration whatsoever to the impact of ASICs and other security measures on GA.
Well, it is about time they did. This is not a security issue, but a political one.
The sad part is the number of votes in GA is small when compared with other "issues" and it is votes that give some push for the polies to do something. None of the representative organisations (eg AOPA RaAUS etc) that I am aware of have got together and lobbied on this subject, if they did it
might make some difference.
Does CASA now require an ASIC in order to have a "digital licence"?? Depends who you talk with as to what the answer is. You certainly don't have to have an ASIC to hold a licence.