News: Clear To Fly Program Speeds-Up Going Through Airport Security

Happily, a collection of companies are developing new ways to ameliorate the process of security screening at U.S. airports.

One of those companies, Verified Identity Pass, offers a program called Clear which advertises itself as a “faster way through airport security.” Members who pay the $99.95 annual fee to join and who submit to biometric and background screening are given access to a private lane, which purports to usher them through security with more predictability, greater speed and less hassle ($28.00 of that fee goes to the TSA to cover the cost of completing a security threat assessment). “Clear has made this new life of flying commercial, which has gone down the toilet, a little more bearable,” said program member Henry Morgan, regional manager of Highline Products in Orlando.

Clear is one example of the Registered Traveler programs that the Transportation Security Administration has developed in conjunction with private companies in order to, as the TSA puts it, “provide expedited security screening for passengers who volunteer biometric and biographic information” and who “successfully complete a security threat assessment.” To date, Verified Identity Pass and four other companies — Unisys, Saflink, Verant and Vigilant — have satisfied TSA's criteria to act as providers of Registered Traveler services. As the TSA notes, “The program is market-driven and offered by the private sector with TSA largely playing a facilitating role.”

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