Participants register and pay yearly fee Logan to start express security program this summer Participants register and pay yearly fee By Peter J. Howe, Globe Staff | January 20, 2006 Logan International Airport will implement a ''registered traveler" program this summer that allows passengers who pass a screening check and pay a yearly fee to use special express security lines. Passengers will also have to submit fingerprints and eye scans to qualify. Other key details of the program, including how much it will cost and when it will start, are still being worked out. To boost interest in the program, participants will probably get benefits such as discounts on parking and dining at the airport, according to Thomas J. Kinton Jr., director of aviation for the Massachusetts Port Authority, which runs Logan. Logan was one of five US airports that conducted small-scale registered-traveler program trials that ended in September. At Logan, the program involved about 1,800 American Airlines frequent fliers. Registered travelers show their boarding passes and get their identities confirmed by a machine that checks either their iris or index finger tip. They still have to go through metal detectors and put their bags through X-ray scanners but often save several minutes by avoiding security lines used by the general public that can get crowded. And unless registered travelers set off a metal detector or have a banned item in their carry-on luggage, they are also exempted from so-called secondary screening patdowns by airport security officials that involve a randomly selected percentage of all travelers in general security lines. Currently, among US airports only Orlando International Airport offers a special registered traveler check-in, which has enrolled 13,000 people since June who pay $80 a year. Airports in Indianapolis, Sacramento, Calif., and San Jose also plan to offer the programs this summer. People who get registered traveler cards from Massport will be able to use them at all US airports that decide to offer the service, Kinton said yesterday. ... http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2006/01/20/logan_to_... tart_express_security_program_this_summer/ ------------------------------------- You are subscribed as eugen@leitl.org To manage your subscription, go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/?listname=ip Archives at: http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/ ----- End forwarded message ----- -- Eugen* Leitl <a href="http://leitl.org">leitl</a> http://leitl.org ______________________________________________________________ ICBM: 48.07100, 11.36820 http://www.ativel.com 8B29F6BE: 099D 78BA 2FD3 B014 B08A 7779 75B0 2443 8B29 F6BE [demime 1.01d removed an attachment of type application/pgp-signature which had a name of signature.asc]