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> You get to airport security with your cary-on. You walk up to a kiosk to scan your face. When you booked your flight, they essentially did a background check
by sdrothrock 8y ago
> You get to airport security with your cary-on. You walk up to a kiosk to scan your face. When you booked your flight, they essentially did a background check on you, and if it was clean you just walk through to the terminal, with minimally-invasive scanning that doesn't require any stopping or removing anything from your bag.
That's a pretty attractive sales proposition there; it's really hard for me as an individual to argue against the reduced hassle (and essentially a return to pre-2001 boarding patterns) in return for them having access to data they can realistically already get.
Japan takes pictures and fingerprints from people as they arrive; this doesn't seem too much different, just the direction.
I wonder if this could also be expanded to people without boarding passes. I know a lot of people mourn the loss of the ability to go directly to the gate to meet or see off family.
- camillomiller 8y agoThey take pictures and fingerprints of foreigners when you arrive in the USA as well. I hope no families at the gates will be allowed. People are already clueless about how to properly cue and board a plane. As a frequent flyer it is beyond irritating. Families or friends at the gate would just make things even worse. Plus, letting them in without a boarding pass is just a way to add insecurity variables to the airport experience for no reason but the movie-like romantic idea of airport goodbyes.
- whatshisface 8y agoDirect experience from when they were able to come to the gates overrides any speculation about what they "would" do. It's simply not a problem.
- SmellyGeekBoy 8y agoSurely they all need to come through the security screening, though? So suddenly the (already far too long) lines are 2-4x longer. Just say your goodbyes before security, it's really not as issue.
- camillomiller 8y agoIt’s a weird custom that I’ve seen only in American movies and that was ever probably true only for American airports. It’s not an issue indeed and I think Americans are as usual a bit myopic in pretending that a cultural experience is globally recognized. Feel free to downvote this (true) generalization.
- tapland 8y agoYes, the US also collects fingerprints from people arriving and have for at least a decade. (Just informational without a huge rant about people having friends and family)