AVID vs ASIC
 

This query is with respect to a Private Pilot who will never go into capital city port of entry airport.

I've read the CASA website detailing the differences and its not totally clear to a dummy like me. Mention is made of "secure areas" at security controlled airports. But no mention how such areas are defined. ( https://www.casa.gov.au/licences-and-certification/individual-licensing/asics-and-avids )

So on to the question of practical use, is any private pilot successfully using an AVID just for infrequently going through places like Roma, Thargomindah, etc. i.e security controlled airports with domestic RPT service.

What about regional port of entry airports?

The issue here is what the Dept of whatever have done to outline what is a security area at a regional aerodrome. There is no rule that says a GA pilot cannot land at an aerodrome that has a security requirement. There should be a clear option for a GA pilot that does not have an ASIC to go about his business, obtain fuel or whatever services that he wants that is available - leave the airport and return to his aircraft and fly away. The Dept in charge of this has NOT placed any such requirements in place for the aerodrome operator to follow, nor given any advice/instructions to the industyr or the GA pilots on how to walk thru this minefield. When they do, we will all be better off and not have to deal with security requirements that have nothing to do with the average GA pilot operating his aircraft.
Why it is more difficult to obtain an ASIC than a passport for significantly more money and only for two years and not ten is still a mystery!
Further more there does not appear to be a definition of GA (General Aviation) or non RPT operations within the regs quoted above....... Are we (GA) being discriminated against?

Lucille,
I think your question has been answered. You cannot use an AVID for unescorted access at a security controlled airport where display of a valid ASIC is required.
One variation, not often exploited under Reg 3.03 is that the display of an ASIC only applies during the operational period at airports where screened services do not operate. Any screened services and it is a 24/7 requirement.
However you will always get the local airport staff demanding you wear an ASIC regardless, because their TSP says so. Which raises an interesting dilemma, does the TSP trump the legislation? How can a pilot be expected to know the contents of and airports TSP when it is not made available? But then the airport operator could simply deny you access which is their right to do also. And around and around we go.

Let's face it, the whole thing is a big mess, because GA was not considered when the rules were drafted. The rules that currently exist do not make any provision for GA operators or pilots that do not hold an ASIC. The problem is that the rules and instructions to aerodrome operators should make a provision for pilots to come and go etc. Fix that and the problem for GA pilots landing at such aerodromes will go away. Or an alternative would be to formalise the AVID in some way and have it recognised as a ID for GA areas of such aerodromes. To solve this problem we firstly have to have it demonstrated that it is a problem and then come up with some workable solution/s. Something that AOPA, RAAus and the other groups should get together on.

Easier still: Zero cost ASIC for all pilots, nation-wide. Cost: peanuts. Simplification: immense.

Renewals: Automatic.

Small questionnaire sent out a few months prior to each pilot to update their circumstances.

AbsoluteFokker; Now you should know better than to suggest something sensible like that!!:=

Besides, how many Bureaucrats and make-work jobsworths would have to be made redundant if such a things as you suggest was actually implemented?:hmm:

I really don't understand the need for a 'security' check for ASIC/AVID renewals.

The checking is basically a request from AusCheck (or whoever) for info from the other agencies (ASIO, AFP, police, et al) and I'm convinced that most of the replies will be negative
ie. 'no information held', 'no conviction(s)' or suchlike, which means that the 'security check' will be OK and the cost ($ & time) is minuscule.

Because the cost of that automated process is so low it then means that checking can be on a more frequent basis to keep the status of their 'customers' up-to-date.
Sure., some checks will come back with black-marks on them and a human will then need to make a decision, but that's what happens now.

AVID/ASIC are a photo_ID, but a 10 year validity period (similar to the passport system) would be workable because agencies have the right/ability to cancel an ID.

9/11 is blamed for the ASIC, but I wonder if money is the real reason.
There is a rumour, just a rumour that one or two ex DOTARS/CASA people make a mint out of ASIC's.
Why would a terrorist go to all the trouble to crash a plane into people when a bus or truck or car does just as well
and you don't need an ASIC for those........YET.

It'll be old mate who drove over from the other side of the airport to give you an earful, because he could see you weren't wearing a high vis vest.

A Baseline security clearance (the bottom level clearance for federal public servants, contractors etc) is good for 15 years, and the vetting process is about as stringent as that for an ASIC.