People,
We need to be a tad clearer on our stated goals here. There is no chance at all that we will be able to get rid of the ASIC. It won't happen and that's all there is to it.
However, there is a possiblity that a PPL/CPL/ATPL - having been security checked - could stand in for an ASIC. It is the duplication of checking and issuing for air crew that we may have a chance of attacking successfully. It's the old saying ... pick the fights you can win.
Step One is to play their game first. Contact your local member of parliament and demand some answers. OK, you won't get them, but you will have made them do something on the ASIC issue. It gets it in their faces. At the moment it's all but forgotten at the bureacratic level. Let's remind them.
But before you waste electons on an e-mail, read the JCPA report into airport security and its recommendations. That way you will show them that you're up-to-speed with what's (not) happening out there and not just someone having a whinge.
http://www.aph.gov.au/house/committe...ty2/report.htm
Walrus