Originally Posted by
englishal
Can we not opt to get security vetted and get some sort of ID card (hey, maybe this is Tony's plan, sneak in ID cards by the back door
). I occasionally fly with a BA captain who just flashes his LHR card around and it seems to prevent most problems.....
Some airport passes are universally accepted if an endorsement agreement is in place between the airports but there is also, sometimes, a requirement to have sight of an up to date Criminal Record Check. Maybe if AOPA started a scheme where you could submit an application for an RZ pass for all participating UK pax airports, and handled the processing of these applications to include all the background checks - CRC, 5 years employment history or character referencing - then maybe something could work. At the end of the day owning a permanent pass into an airport RZ requires you to be sponsored by someone, such as an employer, to validate your reasons for being there and to underwrite the pass in the event that you do not behave when you are using it. It is hard to apply such control if you are not employed in the industry, merely passing through.