10-26-2018, 08:53 PM
The 5 year $153 AVID is offered on the CASA website alongside the 2 year $288.20 ASIC. The explanation of the uses between the two is ambiguous to say the least, its easy to find. I defy anyone to make sense of it. In one sentence it says that an AVID will suffice for infrequent use at a security controlled airport. Too bad that airport officials don’t agree or in fact don’t have the slightest knowledge of the relevant CASA advice.
As regards gaining a PPL licence is concerned, whether or not to the letter of the law, the bureaucratic system always goes to the highest, most costly level where there is the slightest doubt because that for them is the safest option.
Why we need these special IDs is anyone’s guess, why they couldn’t run for ten years or lifetime for professional pilots are further questions that could only be answered satisfactorily by a person with no ability of logic.
As regards gaining a PPL licence is concerned, whether or not to the letter of the law, the bureaucratic system always goes to the highest, most costly level where there is the slightest doubt because that for them is the safest option.
Why we need these special IDs is anyone’s guess, why they couldn’t run for ten years or lifetime for professional pilots are further questions that could only be answered satisfactorily by a person with no ability of logic.