Anyone actually signed up for IRIS?

In message <o6OdnWHuwJROeavbnZ2dnUVZ8sXinZ2d@bt.com>, at 07:56:38 on
Tue, 1 May 2007, Mystery Flyer <n2007@mysteryflyer.com> remarked:
>> It's not clear from a quick look at the website whether you get a
>>yet-another-card to carry. They specifically say that IRIS doesn't use
>>your passport - so is it entirely based on the iris pattern, or do you
>>have to announce yourself somehow to the machine first?
>
>Nothing to get out of your bag and no announcement to make - you just
>bowl up and look into the cross hairs.

Thanks.

> You still need your passport for all other ID points on your
>journey...

Obviously. And for when the IRIS machine is out of action, rejects you,
or they are doing a spot-check verification, etc etc
--
Roland Perry

im guessing in the future all people travelin will be iris
scaned than they will sell info to companys info
brokers as for safety is it 100 percent i still
think not if it is than no more under covr cops being
the criminals will check there iris scan and know real name dob
etc no witnes protectin programs being high raning
criminals will access the ifo its a mater of time before
jobs background checking you require iris scans and once
that happens it may incrss crime just a thought

turn away my eyes from looking at worthless things and revive
me in your way psalm chapter 119 vs 37

In message <463bcd81.97843390@news.>, at 00:22:23 on Sat,
5 May 2007, Neil Williams <wensleydale@pacersplace.org.uk> remarked:
>The real gain for it is that, if they were to install the gates that
>Malaysia use for such things which take up about as much space as a
>double-length (but single-width) Tube ticket gate, LHR would be able
>to easily fit 25 such gates in the space where there are now (say) 15
>manned gates. Given that LHR's main issues are staff and space
>shortage, it would appear to kill both birds with one stone,
>especially if signing up was made easier and if the biometric
>passport/ID scheme was extended to make membership of the scheme the
>default.

But surely LHR has as much space as it needs, as soon as T5 opens later
this year? Hoho.
--
Roland Perry

if it's anything like schiphol, it's brill!!


"Neil Williams" <wensleydale@pacersplace.org.uk> wrote in message
news:463c820e.144064125@news....
> On Sat, 5 May 2007 12:13:57 +0100, Roland Perry <roland@perry.co.uk>
> wrote:
>
>>But surely LHR has as much space as it needs, as soon as T5 opens later
>>this year? Hoho.
>
> Anyone who believes that capacity won't at least in part be used
> (longer term) by increasing passenger throughput is probably in a
> dream world (how nice it would be, though, if LHR had the amount of
> spare gate capacity AMS does...), and it of course doesn't address the
> difficulty of getting staff, especially from the civil service.
>
> Neil
>
> --
> Neil Williams
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