Question: when the issuance of a license costs many hundred €'s/£'s/¥'s, why don't most of these pilot's licenses have any
advanced anti-fraud characteristics like for example a photo (duh!) and a much harder to fake hologram etc?
CAA's around this globe are raking in millions in "fees" and what we pilots get in return is a lousy piece of paper that any high school kid with a scanner can fake!
Even the average ID card, driver's license or credit card have better anti-fraud measures in place...
