Practical Travel Safety Issues - Precheck at SEA - Active Military Now Welcome

SEA today becomes the second airport to allow active military members with military ID to use the Precheck lane without being invited by their airline. They can get in the lane with a scan of their military ID.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/47430676/ns/local_news-seattle_wa/t/active-duty-military-allowed-free-pass-sea-tac-airport/

Seems like it would be pretty simple to do the same for Global Entry

Seems like it would be pretty simple to do the same for Global Entry

Hopefully that's next; it'll be a welcome change, particularly if it makes things less "random" and opens up PreCheck to those on int'l flights.

Seems like it would be pretty simple to do the same for Global Entry

I believe that's the plan.

Seems like it would be pretty simple to do the same for Global Entry

All the technology is already in place to make Global Entry work 100% of the time (i.e. Secure Flight). I think it's all in the name of "randomness" that TSA is unwilling to allow it.

Completely unrelated, any thoughts why SEA was chosen as the second airport to offer this? DCA makes perfect sense, it's very close to the Pentagon and in the middle of a city full of active duty and reserve military, but why SEA? I can think of a 1/2 dozen other airports were I see more military flyers than SEA.

All the technology is already in place to make Global Entry work 100% of the time (i.e. Secure Flight). I think it's all in the name of "randomness" that TSA is unwilling to allow it.

Completely unrelated, any thoughts why SEA was chosen as the second airport to offer this? DCA makes perfect sense, it's very close to the Pentagon and in the middle of a city full of active duty and reserve military, but why SEA? I can think of a 1/2 dozen other airports were I see more military flyers than SEA.Yes I'm sure SEA is far from the #1 airport for military flyers..but there is a large Army-Air Force base..Joint Base Lewis-McChord about 30 miles away from SEA..and it's the only commercial airport in the area. So there is most definitely a steady stream of military going through there. They had to start the testing somewhere and SEA just joined PreCheck a short time ago.