The farces with the processing of them pales into insignificance when you hear what I had to go through to get the little red card in my hands.
After finally finding the Qantas office at "Gate 24" I was shown into a normal office and was told to "look through and find your ASIC" from two boxes of about 100cards in each!!! I said to the guy "is there any ordering system in the boxes?" the reply was "Nar mate, all random!" I then got left unattended during which time I could have grabbed any number of cards!!!
After eventually finding my card 10mins later I just had to sign off my name on a sheet and I finally had it right on the deadline.
An absolutely ABSURD system and being the first time I have had to deal with CASA 'properly' I am not looking forward to that aspect of the industry I hope to find work in!!
