Kitty said
¿Que ? Super Cecil.
If we've had such checks since the 60's, then, (apart from the fees and security-theatre aspect) what's the point of all the ASIC crap and its' associated background checking ?
Dunnoo, ask somebody who knows? Lil Johnny Howard perhaps? His advisers?
Come on admit it, since we all had to have little red passes and those big fences have gone around airfields you feel soooooo much safer don't you?
And for the sceptics out there you have to admit it really works, I'll bet you haven't seen a terrorist behind the fence at an airfield since all this started have you?