Originally Posted by
KARFA
I am still none the wiser. The biometrics for UK/JER/DUB flights are there so you don’t have to show a passport but prevent the risk of an INT-INT passenger who hasn’t been thro immigration from jumping on a domestic flight and simply walking off at the domestic destination. Biometrics are deleted at the end of every day, and not linked to any ID document.
We could just scrap it and go to passports for all domestic flights of course. Do you think passports for domestic flights is more 1984 or less 1984?
False dichotomy.
We could just scrap it and require no identification beyond holding a ticket. The majority of people (not necessarily FTers) travel in good faith and they all go through security, so why this endless faff? I can take a train from Euston to Scotland without it, why should I need it on a plane other than to help airlines price gouge?
As for whether the data is deleted at the end of the day, I'd rather not rely on the good grace/competence/bona fides of the authorities on that score.