Airport lines may not be getting shorter anytime soon. Recently, the Air Transport Association, a trade organization of leading U.S. airlines, began urging airports not to endorse the Registered Traveler program currently being tested by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA).
The program, which is still in a pilot phase, enables frequent fliers to breeze through security lines with a quick flash of a card. The trade-off is that these passengers must pass a comprehensive background check and fork over fingerprints, iris biometrics, and cash.
