slightly off topic, but all this so called security rubbish does nothing. In light of MH17, security should be scaled back.
Makes you think that airports like Bankstown, Essendon, Archerfield should capitalise on this.
Currently no car parking fees whatsoever at any of these airports.
20 tonne MTOW covers quite a few aircraft + heard that some operators using bigger aircraft, now use their own security (presume hand wands) & so don't have to use main airports or main terminals at main airports.
Think weight limit at MEB is 45 tonne, which covers lots of aircraft including quite a few jets.
There were 3 ERJ135's of Jetgo at MEB recently.
Strangely, Jetgo aircraft MTOW start at exactly 20 tonne, whereas they need to be recertified to under 20 tonne to avoid security.