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Birmingham airport adds biometric screening service
Associated Press ^ | July 22, 2019

Posted on 07/23/2019 5:27:41 PM PDT by ConservativeStatement

BIRMINGHAM — Alabama’s busiest airport is partnering with a company that can identify passengers through eye scans and fingerprints.

Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport recently added kiosks offering the technology for a fee, Al.com reported.

The CLEAR service is available for a $15 per month membership, paid annually, with various discounts for family members.

(Excerpt) Read more at tuscaloosanews.com ...


TOPICS: Local News; Science; Society
KEYWORDS: airport; alabama; eyescans; fingerprints

1 posted on 07/23/2019 5:27:41 PM PDT by ConservativeStatement
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To: ConservativeStatement

In Sweden, they are getting chipped.


2 posted on 07/23/2019 5:29:26 PM PDT by Jonty30 (What Islam and secularism have in common is that they are both death by cultsther)
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To: JLS; bamahead; EdReform; saleman; Southack; kosciusko51; Bryan24; blam; Jemian; alancarp; ...

Ping to the state list.

I’ve considered using CLEAR. So far, no. Mostly because of the cost. Time, I have; money, not so much!


3 posted on 07/23/2019 5:31:43 PM PDT by Jemian (Walls work and Walls Save Lives.)
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To: ConservativeStatement

Is that to tell if you’re a birl or a goy? Who knows anymore.


4 posted on 07/23/2019 5:33:15 PM PDT by Jim W N (MAGA by restoring the Gospel of the Grace of Christ and our Free Constitutional Republic!)
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To: Jonty30

Wait ‘till we hear when the name of the chip company is something like “Code 18” (6+6+6).


5 posted on 07/23/2019 5:35:08 PM PDT by Jim W N (MAGA by restoring the Gospel of the Grace of Christ and our Free Constitutional Republic!)
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To: ConservativeStatement

$15 monthly membership to hang with Big Brother.


6 posted on 07/23/2019 5:37:29 PM PDT by bgill
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To: ConservativeStatement

Never volutarily flying ever again. So far 18+ years not being assraped and violated and treated as a criminal.


7 posted on 07/23/2019 5:38:38 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not Averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: Jemian

Last year, I had a six month contract going around the country teaching computer courses (just like I used to do at AU). I was flying a lot. three or four trips a month.

At first I flew out of Atlanta, but hated the drive and traffic, plus parking.

So I switched to Montgomery. Since the contract paid the air fare, it didn’t cost me more. Let me tell you, TSA in Montgomery is very friendly; in fact, they remember you when you’re there every week, and easy-peasy to get through even if you’re new.

Coming back from this or that airport is another story entirely. If the contract was longer, I surely would have got CLEAR.


8 posted on 07/23/2019 5:52:26 PM PDT by Alas Babylon! (The media is after us. Trump's just in the way.)
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To: Secret Agent Man

...while illegal aliens slip across our borders unchecked and Democrats encourage them to do so.


9 posted on 07/23/2019 5:56:43 PM PDT by dhs12345
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To: ConservativeStatement

I’m a frequent flyer on Delta and get a discount on CLEAR; I think it costs me $79 annually. I take at least two roundtrips per month. CLEAR can be a real lifesaver when the airport is crowded; I can get from the Metro station at Reagan National (DCA) across the river from Washington, DC to the Delta Sky Club just beyond the TSA checkpoint in 7 minutes using CLEAR, when the regular line can be 30-40 minutes long.

As I go to Birmingham (BHM) at least once per year on business, CLEAR’s arrival there is very good news. I wish they would open up at O’Hare; that would seem to be a logical airport for them, but they are not there yet.


10 posted on 07/23/2019 6:22:36 PM PDT by nd76
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To: Jemian

I had CLEAR tears ago. But at DFW they only had it the non-AA Terminal E so I never used. Eventually we just let it lapse.

Pre Check works well enough,


11 posted on 07/23/2019 6:24:54 PM PDT by freedumb2003 (As always IMHO)
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To: Jemian

i use it. the govt has the info already so why shouldn’t I have the convenience?


12 posted on 07/23/2019 6:25:01 PM PDT by Mom MD
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To: Jemian

I don’t think so -


13 posted on 07/23/2019 6:54:45 PM PDT by Tuscaloosa Goldfinch
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