dazza 38 Posted October 19, 2011 Share Posted October 19, 2011 Ok Guys, this means that our skies our safe according to the government.Lets finally get Rid of the ASIC.Which IMO was a waste of money from the Start. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
av8vfr Posted October 19, 2011 Share Posted October 19, 2011 +1... After all we have to tick all the boxes just for the licence... another cash-cow IMO. Even if a baddie got into a RAA plane, anyone with 1/2 a clue would know an aircraft <600kg AUW would be a skidmark on nearly all surfaces. Sure the media drama would be there but the casualties wouldn't (in comparison). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Litespeed Posted October 19, 2011 Share Posted October 19, 2011 So no one with a gun in airplanes anymore? Sound much safer to me. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerin Posted October 19, 2011 Share Posted October 19, 2011 Even if a baddie got into a RAA plane, anyone with 1/2 a clue would know an aircraft <600kg AUW would be a skidmark on nearly all surfaces. The recent ferris wheel incident was a good example of this (that's a serious observation....not meant to be humorous). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
facthunter Posted October 19, 2011 Share Posted October 19, 2011 There would certainly be a lot of other possibilities posing a greater threat than a 90 Kt aeroplane with an AUW of 600 Kgs. It has a payload far less than the average little trailer you would take rubbish to the tip in. Nev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
youngster Posted October 19, 2011 Share Posted October 19, 2011 In any event, airports are huge places, and anyone who really wanted to sneak in and do something nefarious would need only a pair of cheap wire cutters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fly_tornado Posted October 19, 2011 Share Posted October 19, 2011 How many tens of thousands of litres of fuel do most airports store? you could cripple Sydney's economy by taking out its airport. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davebutler Posted October 20, 2011 Share Posted October 20, 2011 Ok Guys, this means that our skies our safe according to the government.Lets finally get Rid of the ASIC.Which IMO was a waste of money from the Start. Hi dazza, Could not agree more and would suport the removal of this "waste of money" but "they" have created an industry of sorts and therfore, like so many other similar cock ups, keep it running to keep those running it employed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fly_tornado Posted October 20, 2011 Share Posted October 20, 2011 How much money must it cost the US to photograph and finger print every foreign visitor? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dazza 38 Posted October 20, 2011 Author Share Posted October 20, 2011 Hi dazza,Could not agree more and would suport the removal of this "waste of money" but "they" have created an industry of sorts and therfore, like so many other similar **** ups, keep it running to keep those running it employed. HI David,as you have mentioned, that is where the problem is .People are employed to process the ASIC cards.If they got rid of the cards, they would have to either move those people onto other jobs.Or make them redundant.I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
youngster Posted October 20, 2011 Share Posted October 20, 2011 Most of this stuff is just to create the illusion of safety. Politicians seem to find it hard to say "these things happen", so they legislate! A couple of well placed explosives on major bridges could bring any major city to a standstill, with practically no risk to the terrorist. Aircraft-based terrorism is not the biggest threat, but it is the one place where pollies can actually have some control in a democracy, so they legislate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
facthunter Posted October 20, 2011 Share Posted October 20, 2011 FT as well as the money how many (like myself) stay away because of the hassles. Their tourism suffers. Their medical system kills over 600,000 people per year by misadventure and incompetence, prescribing wrong and incompatible drugs for example.. ( these are official figures that can be obtained). That's 3 jumbo's per day (just to get things into perspective). . Nev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Litespeed Posted October 20, 2011 Share Posted October 20, 2011 alas perspective is the first loser when fear is spread by pollies and the shock jocks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaz3g Posted October 22, 2011 Share Posted October 22, 2011 There would certainly be a lot of other possibilities posing a greater threat than a 90 Kt aeroplane with an AUW of 600 Kgs. It has a payload far less than the average little trailer you would take rubbish to the tip in. Nev The second most deadly attack in the USA was done with a pick-up truck full of ammon nitrate fertiliser parked in the carpark under a multi-storey building. Imagine what could be done with a cement mixer truck and ask yourself how many of those require ASIC's!? I'm all for the 10 year photo licence with checks on renewal. The photo should be chipped (like passports) and it should be the means for accessing secure areas leaving a record of who has been where... no keys and no gate codes. kaz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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