BA to fingerprint domestic passengers

[Roland Perry]

In article 
<7A381BD93DFF5C4DA7BBFFA8D469813A0762F30E@HEMV2DUKER.he.local>, Andrew 
Sutcliffe <andrew.sutcliffe@btconnect.com> writes
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>At Birmingham they photograph you as you go through to the departures, 
>this is then used as you go to the plane.

Not at Terminal 2 (unless they whip out a camera if you are flying on 
one of the several domestic flights).

>As for putting liquids in plastic bags, well that totally eludes me.

Rationing. The size of the bag (a US Quart - and very widely used inside 
the US as a "freezer bag") limits the number of things the security 
people have to scrutinise, and the total amount of liquid you can take 
on board. The transparency (of the plastic) is so they can see what's 
inside more quickly if there's a query.

>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?

I thought the main thing they were trying to prevent getting on board 
*was* binary explosives (although none of the fights from T2 at the 
moment are to anywhere more than an hour and a half away, so the 
opportunity for cookery in the loo is somewhat limited).

-- 
Roland Perry