Originally Posted by
SATTSO
Not really. As I understand what is happening within TSA/DHS, soon we will begin to lift SOME restrictions currently in place (I have no idea which ones), and TSA will have a major cultural shift to more of a risk-based security. This is being pushed by Pistole. Again, I don't know what is coming, but it is coming. And sorry, don't have a time frame either.
If so, once you vet a passenger, and determine they are of low risk, you can screen them at a lower level. Such an iris scan would reveal those who are vetted. Those passengers not vetted would receive more screening (more intrusive, in other words). In that sense, it could possibly replace AIT screening for those vetted passengers.
That's interesting. So it seems like the first time I go through it, since I'm not on the whitelist yet, I'd need to get my irises scanned and go through the more intensive screening. But then once I do, and I'm okay'd, I'd go through the less invasive screening after that.
To me, it's still guilty until proven innocent, since I'm still subjected to more intensive screening at least once.
Why irises, rather than fingerprints? What if someone if wearing contact lenses? I'm curious to hear your personal thoughts on irises versus fingerprints.