But his card had expired. In other words, it was no longer valid. In other words, no longer a valid ASIC. In other words, nothing more than a card. Much the same as when it was valid! Just a card. Show us the clause which says that normally expiring ASICs must be returned. There sure is no such remark on the back of my ASIC.
I don't hand back my old credit cards to the bank.
I recently spent two days working on a popular RPT airport interstate. My ASIC was never inspected by nobody. Nearby LAMEs working on the tarmac area did not have cards displayed. If they did - they would be lost in 5 minutes with all the crawling in and around aircraft they need to do.