Ass Sick
Hi everyone,
I just paid to renew my ASIC today $328 all up including the postal fee through Veritas.
Looking back over the last ten years this thing has gone up dramatically, I can’t see how the fee increases are justified.
Furthermore, why do we have to go through the identity checks for each renewal? Once identified all that should need to be done is a security check to see if the applicant has committed any disqualifying offences in the previous two years. (We don’t have to complete a 100 point ID check to renew other official documents, drivers licence for example) and after all it’s highly unlikely that you have changed your date of birth since the last application.
To continue my rant, I’ve heard that similar security cards have been dropped in Europe (can anyone confirm this) and Australia has a much lower security risk than most European countries. It just seems like another form of tax and an unnecessary burden on pilots, as well is being an ineffectual security control.