there not have been some sort of Industry Consultation on these sorts of measures?
Ixixly,
there has been a great deal of consultation on this very matter going back over a number of years. As I have said previously though, the pilots and particularly GA have been their own worse enemies in all this and have not had any representation whatsoever in any of the forums.
As I mentioned above, if you are not in a position to go personally to the issuing body for your ASIC to complete the ID checks ring CASA or better still Aviation ID Australia and ask them to tell you what sort of increases are likely after 01 August this year. I have seen figures of $20,000 account set up and $40.00 per applicant for ID checks to be done by Australia post.
We are therefore looking at $50.00 or more increase for an ASIC as no issuing body will absorb that kind of additional cost.