Sunfish has just returned from YMMB.
Large placards threatening fines of over $5000 for "unauthorised" entry airside.
Also large signs stating that "Weapons" must not be taken airside under threat of dire penalty.
Take a look at what constitutes "Weapons" as well as the "prohibited Items".
http://www.dotars.gov.au/transsec/at...ons/reg109.htm
and
http://www.dotars.gov.au/transsec/at...ons/reg107.htm
As a private pilot, I am no longer allowed to carry a leatherman.
Furthermore, those golfing trips are now OUT - Golf clubs are weapons.
Petrol is also a weapon!
So are all the tools in the hangar.
Someone had better rewrite this by way of providing exemption for flight crew, operations and maintenance staff in GA or PPL before we get some high profile and stupid prosecutions.
Furthermore as of next year, I can't simply stroll over to a hangar without an ASIC, and If I land at a security controlled airport without an ASIC what happens then???
Furthermore, If I decide to have a barney with some "security" officer over this roilling stupidity and get charged and convicted with an "aviation related security offence" then my ASIC and then licence is gone for good. So we are going to see a flood of little Hitlers sprout up.
The sight of wheel clamps on aircraft, and apparently stern warnings about leaving an aircraft unlocked in broad daylight temporarily parked in front of a flying school is just a farce.
Could we please have a rethink of all this stuff?
Remember Al Qaeeda doesn't need to hijack a light aircraft. They have enough money to BUY one legally.