Coming Soon: E-Z Pass For Airport Security
The registered traveler program, conceived after 9/11 as a way to speed frequent fliers through airports’ long and unpredictable security lines, is finally gaining national momentum … Only six airports currently have RT programs that provide a special security lane for people willing to pay a one-time fee of $100, go through a background check, and a biometric iris scan.
Yuk, yuk, yuk. Recognizing that we have already given up some rights and privacy, I refuse to participate in an increasingly Orwellian system that we claim to fight, especially when it needlessly creates an elite among taxpayers and is nowhere near foolproof.
And, once again, large numbers of people will pay to have their rights diminished long-term for the short-term gain of avoiding lines at security only to find that their flights are either seriously delayed, cancelled, or both.
What a country!