ASIC Renewal: Worth it?
So the first-generation ASICs are coming up for renewal now.
If you're a PPL flying mainly in country areas, the odds are that no one has ever looked at your ASIC. You wear it airside because you're legally supposed to, but it makes you feel like a dork.
Are you going to renew it?
Seems to me, the cost and considerable hassle of renewal is greater than the cost of any non-compliance penalty times the very small probability of being caught with an out-of-date ASIC (again, if you're flying as a hobbyist in country areas).
The old one looks fine from a distance, and any officious types can probably be made to go away with the statement that, "Ah, mate, my renewal's taking forever," or "Sorry -- left it in my other pants -- here's my driver's licence."
What do you think?