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Flight Attendants Reportedly Refusing to Sign Up to New Biometric Controls That Let Them Skip TSA Security Checks

Flight Attendants Reportedly Refusing to Sign Up to New Biometric Controls That Let Them Skip TSA Security Checks

Flight attendants are reportedly refusing to give their consent to hand over biometric data to the federal government in order to use a new TSA line-skipping system that is being progressively rolled out at airports across the United States.
Mateusz Maszczynski (paddleyourownkanoo.com)
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Pika
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Pika
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It doesn't officially say it, but it implies that the current system, they're sun setting, didn't have any type of annual fee.

If that is the case, then yeah, I would do the same thing and just not use the program. might be able to backtrack on the agreement to work with the gov as well and just go back to the old system for crew members. Makes no sense to pay more on a system that was working fine as is.

The airlines are in a pretty massive advantage here, delays for flight are already pretty heavily protected legally, as in there are laws baked into the system protecting/restricting airlines being sued for travel delays.

Worst case scenario is they can't go back to the old program and they just cause mass delays which they can then directly blame the government for with no monetary penalty unless it goes over I think it's a 6 hour delay.

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Polaris
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Polaris
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How much does the current system cost ?

It's funny that in Europe, our passports have been biometric for a long time, governments have our fingerprints, but the security at my base doesn't use it, airport workers and Cabin Crews just have their own security gate

(I'm a Cabin Crew based in Vienna, Austria)

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quick_snail
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I imagine the fingerprints are optional? I wouldn't give out my biometrics. That's like giving out your password
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PierceTheBubble
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The shift from access control cards to biometrics (fingerprint or facial) is industry-wide, especially for sectors impacted by the Patriot Act. Even maritime workers are increasingly required to have their fingerprint scanned (to be compared to the print of their TWIC). I wish them the best of luck in resisting the safety tyranny.
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