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Inbox: ID cards U-turn: The end is nigh?
Comment Mr Goodman - airside workers already have extremely strict vetting procedures in place and don't need another inferior scheme which is generalised for use with the entire population and not just those in a high security... [06 Jul 2009]
The Weekly Round-Up: 03.07.09
Round-Up Plans to make ID cards compulsory for airside workers and pilots have also been dropped this week by the Home Office with the trials planned for Manchester and London City airports both scrapped. And, this year, they... [03 Jul 2009]
ID cards: 'A project nobody wants and the nation can't afford'
News Plans to make ID cards compulsory for airside workers and pilots have also been dropped this week by the Home Office with trials planned for Manchester and London City airports both scrapped. The government has been... [01 Jul 2009]
ID cards U-turn: No compulsory cards for pilots
News The government has announced it will drop plans to make ID cards compulsory for airside workers. Pilots and other airside workers will not be forced to apply for or carry the cards, the Home Office said... [01 Jul 2009]
Pilots to bail out on ID cards
News All new airside workers in the UK will be required to have an ID card, starting with staff and crew at Manchester and London City airports this Autumn. Identity cards will directly benefit airside... [08 May 2009]
Manchester public will get first UK ID cards
News New airside workers and pilots at Manchester airport will also be required to get an ID card before starting their job from autumn. Manchester will be the first place in the UK where the public can apply for an ID card. [06 May 2009]
The A to Z of ID cards
News This secondary legislation needs to be passed before the government can go ahead with plans to demand that airside workers and pilots begin using the cards from Autumn 2009. Pilots and unions for airside... [15 Apr 2009]
Pilots want to put the brakes on ID card plan
News The consultation is on the Identity Cards Act Secondary Legislation that will need to be approved by Parliament before ID cards can be issued to airside workers and pilots. Identity cards will directly benefit... [16 Feb 2009]
Virgin IT whisks travellers to departure in six mins
News The system then automatically books a limo pick-up on an outside company's system, notifies the passenger of the pick-up time, receives GPS updates on the limo's progress to the airport, prints off the boarding pass and bag tags when the... [19 Dec 2008]
ID cards 'could replace passports'
News The secondary legislation includes a proposal to designate criminal record's certificate information as part of the National ID register for airside workers at London City and Manchester airports. From autumn 2009... [21 Nov 2008]
ID cards project adds implementation chief
News Cards will be compulsory for "airside workers" from autumn next year, with staff at London City and Manchester airports being the first UK citizens to receive the card. The government agency in charge of the impending ID... [18 Nov 2008]
First ID card trials announced for airport staff
News The Home Office has announced the first trials of ID cards for airside workers. Airside workers will not be expected to pay for their cards, said the Home Office. James Hall, chief executive of the... [06 Nov 2008]
One million ID cards every year from 2009
News Smith insisted the Home Office is making good progress in talks with airport operators and unions about airside workers in airports being among the "trusted workers" first in line for the cards in 2009. [25 Sep 2008]
ID cards: 'Political' move, claim airport workers
News ID cards for 'airside' workers - those who work beyond airport security checks - will become compulsory in 2009. Phil Booth, national co-ordinator of No2ID, said: "The vetting of people with secure... [07 Jul 2008]
3GSM Diary: Loose lips at LHR, mobile TV, mobile IM and more
Comment Apparently, before any bombardment of the senses at a busy Barcelona airport, where half the world seemed to be arriving, LHR saw Motorola 'babes' - you know what we mean - but not only were they airside on this drab... [13 Feb 2006]
