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-   -   Difference in Background check for Clear and CBP Trusted Traveler Programs (https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/checkpoints-borders-policy-debate/1264485-difference-background-check-clear-cbp-trusted-traveler-programs.html)

fly-yul Feb 1, 2012 8:36 am
Hasn't anyone at the TSA thought about piggybacking onto existing and very successful programs like NEXUS/ SENTRI or GE?

Seems pretty straight forward to me. 100% effective with little additional cost. Why would you need to integrate with airlines etc? What possible value could that have?

A trusted traveler has biometric data on file (100% certainty that I'm who I claim to be) and are, by definition low risk. You are already letting trusted travelers into the USA with little to no primary inspection. What dramatically changes when I want to board an airplane?

Janus Feb 4, 2012 7:21 pm
Originally Posted by fly-yul (Post 17929203)
Hasn't anyone at the TSA thought about piggybacking onto existing and very successful programs like NEXUS/ SENTRI or GE?

Seems pretty straight forward to me. 100% effective with little additional cost. Why would you need to integrate with airlines etc? What possible value could that have?

A trusted traveler has biometric data on file (100% certainty that I'm who I claim to be) and are, by definition low risk. You are already letting trusted travelers into the USA with little to no primary inspection. What dramatically changes when I want to board an airplane?
That already exists, it's call PreCheck, currently in pilot: http://www.tsa.gov/what_we_do/escreening.shtm

14940674 Feb 5, 2012 12:35 pm
Originally Posted by Janus (Post 17953521)
That already exists, it's call PreCheck, currently in pilot: http://www.tsa.gov/what_we_do/escreening.shtm
I don't think PreCheck is what fly-yul meant. He says that he doesn't see the value coordinating the program with airlines, yet that is exactly how PreCheck functions. Instead, I believe he is proposing a better alternative to PreCheck.


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