had my first experience with this a couple months ago at the gate, had no idea it was even a thing. it probably did improve boarding time for the entire plane (

had my first experience with this a couple months ago at the gate, had no idea it was even a thing. it probably did improve boarding time for the entire plane (A350 transatlantic, 300ish passengers) but after understanding how the tech works I’m more impressed with how quickly the scan is validated against the CBP database - literally a second or so.