Cool Airport Security Technology - LGW
I saw a very cool security procedure in action last night at LGW. As in all airports you show your passport and boarding pass before having yourself and carry-on luggage screened. What I saw for the first time was an electronic record made of the face of the person (me) who was passing through main security. I was directed to look at a small camera, my photo was taken, and a barcoded sticker was attached to the back of my boarding pass!
When I got to just before the gate, the barcode was scanned (obviously an encoding of my photo), my photo popped up on the checker's monitor screen, and I was OK for the gate area (for an internal UK flight).
Is this a pilot procedure at LGW? I flew through LHR just before Christmas and didn't see this snazzy bit of business in operation then.
Would love to hear from any other flyertalkers who have seen this in action!