Come on people...Lets not lose sight of the reason you will be required/forced to have a national ID card as an airside worker......It's so that the Government can begin the role out of the system to the general population with the argument about how many already have them...If they make it voluntary no one will have one.
In Talks with the home office officials who are implementing this they actually stated it was nothing to do with security.
The Act says that no one can demand to see your ID including the Police. Once issued you will not be required to carry it anywhere. This card is only seen as something we need by the present ruling party...They have no support from any other area.
Lets not make this an aviation only issue. It is a Civil Liberties abuse.
As for the cost £30 each for your initial cards.....It will rise in the future once they have every one on the system and it will be renewable.
Some of us are fighting the whole thing and sometimes despair at the 'There's nothing we can do' attitude.