BA to fingerprint domestic passengers

[Andrew Sutcliffe]

At Birmingham they photograph you as you go through to the departures, =
this is then used as you go to the plane.
Quite what this achieves is beyond me. any terrorist is likely to be =
suicidal by nature, so where's the benefit?
As for putting liquids in plastic bags, well that totally eludes me.

A.
P.S. Has anyone mentioned 'binary explosives' to these people? I have =
had crab paste confiscated at bristol. , but never a packet of tictaks! =
Wouldn't a terrorist get airside access?


-----Original Message-----
From: ukcrypto-admin@chiark.greenend.org.uk on behalf of Matthew Pemble
Sent: Mon 03/03/2008 19:25
To: ukcrypto@chiark.greenend.org.uk
Subject: Re: BA to fingerprint domestic passengers
=20
Folks,


> >> 2) What's special at T5 - domestic and international passengers =
mingle
> >>    freely in the shops and bars at East Midlands Airport
> >
> >Gatwick they take photographs and do this. I think they want to =
improve
> >accuracy/security.
>
>
> I saw cameras at Gatwick, but not in use for many years. Do they grab
> you and take your picture if you present them with a domestic boarding
> card?


Indeed - I was photographed on (domestic) arrival at Gatwick this =
morning,
as I entered the building.  Although I haven't been out through Gatwick =
for
a couple of months, I have recently been photographed when I present my
boarding card (as you are transiting from a long queue to present your
boarding card to a long queue to go through security scan and search.)  =
I
suspect this will be the same (process and mind-numbing wait) on Friday.

They scan the bar-code and check your photograph when you either enter =
the
departure gate or get to domestic luggage retrieval.

Matthew