Oh! sorry, for the pedant I should have fully checked my post and should have said - if it passes into law it will only be for people applying for a driver's licence to drive in Thailand, happy now?
Thought my comment was straight forward or did you miss the irony, "the wrong people" would be those that the establishment don't want running the country.
The move is probably based on excessive rental, AOT thought they have a captive audience and are screwing king power on prices.
As as being duty-free a lot of their stuff is no cheaper than outside the airport.
With a massive increase of flight bookings out of the country of all the Thai generals that all of a sudden have urgent business and defence meeting outside of Thailand.
Is the aircraft carrier being warned up and ready - opp's, forgot they don't have any planes onboard.