Originally Posted by
Deadtail
I have a colleague with multiple indiscretions though his early adulthood that he believes will prevent him from getting Global Entry. When we travel together he always gets the trusted traveler line, along with the rest of us. When we return from international trips together he is always last to the car because he doesn't have Global Entry. Does him qualifying for Trusted Traveler mean he would qualify for Global Entry?
Talking of PreCheck and Global Entry? Both are subsets of the DHS "trusted traveler" approach. To answer your question about him qualifying for being enabled for Global entry: perhaps he would qualify but there is no certainty that he would until he applies and "interviews".
There are people who get the PreCheck/PreCheck LLL treatment but do get rejected for being enabled for Global Entry. There are also people who rarely or never get the PreCheck LLL treatment yet are enabled for Global Entry.