Originally Posted by jamespvg
I'm going to make myself seem a bit silly here, but I don't really understand the requirement? They don't check photo ID at the entrance to security, but you need a passport at the gate for international, and frankly, no one seems to care domestically, so why the point? Also... I've never flow intl from EDI, but I've only ever seen the one security point. Presumably all CPH/CDG/EWR etc goes through the same way? No photo taking there...
I think that the point is to stop people arriving on an international flight, pretending to do a direct airside international-international transit into the mixed departure area and
then getting on a domestic flight without passing the immigration control. Don't know all the details of how it works at LGWN and EDI, though - not been to either airport enough.