Australian Flying - July 2018

The ASIC contributes

little, if anything to

security even at our major

airports, at anytime there

will be dozens of people

without ASICs on the

tarmac. I know, I was one

gates, one pedestrian,

one vehicle; I preferred to

step over the fence beside

the gates.

Although it is accepted

that a high level of security

is required at our major

airports, at regional

airports the only place

where a reasonable level of

security can, and should

be achieved is the RPT

parking area. The current

illusion of security that

currently exists at our

regional and GA airports

is easily revealed by anyone

who wants to bother to

make the effort.

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it could go viral, and the
next thing there would
be people on the runway.
Really! Apparently in
Alice, local pilots are
trustworthy, but
visiting pilots are
definitely suspect.
At all of the security
airports we visited, I
sought to gain access
without using the keypad
code, using only the
things I had on or around
me, such as a finger, stick
or credit card, and was
about 70% successful.
In one case all that was
required was a sharp
push on the gate.
The only glimmers of
common sense I found,
were at two airports
where the access code
was displayed under a
hinged f lap on the inside
of the gate. Cooktown
has a pair of most
magnificent security

Apparently in Alice, local

pilots are trustworthy,

but visiting pilots are

deinitely suspect.

ABOVE: A

reader says

the concerns

raised by

the Multicom

sticker in 1991

are still valid

today.

of those people for many

years and was never asked

to produce an ASIC.

The only areas that

should require a security

pass are the parking and

processing areas for RPT

and cargo aircraft. No

GA area should require

a security pass, if the

Americans can make it

work, why not us?

Geoff Carr

edited for length

Hurry up and

Weight

Dear Steve,

RAAus put in their bid

for an increase in weight

nearly two years ago and

still CASA has done

nothing. What are they

waiting for? RAAus has

shown they have the

ability to administer

aircraft and run

maintenance programs

so that recreational

aircraft are now safer

and being operated in

a much safer manner.

CASA can learn

more from RAAus than

RAAus can learn from

CASA, so why doesn’t

CASA just give them the

extra weight?

This looks to me like

CASA just wanting

recreational aviation to

stay in the paddocks.

Cal Braddon