I just saw my first photo licence - what a flipping joke! It is paper covered in plastic, it is not waterproof and is the poorest possible example you could ever expect to see - kids in kinder could have done it better.
As I see it, CASA only had to have all the reviews (security) conducted and then issue an authorisation to the licence holder to go to their local RTA office and have a photo licence issued similar to the car licence. CASA would only have had to issue the blanks to the RTA. As there are RTA's (or similar) right throughout Australia in every state and usually within easy reach of most of us, this would have been the far better option instead of the scappy little bit of paper that they are issuing now. The RTA type licence could have doubled as an ID card for access to airports and associated places......what a wasted opportuntiy!
