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By Shane Nolan |
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August 3, 2010 -
In
One example given,
when passengers arrive at an air carrier’s check-in counter, each
passenger is required to show an identity card, proof of identity. The
airline agent then looks at the identity card; diver’s license or
passport and verifies the picture with the person presenting the
identity card.
A recent youtube
video surfaced which showed that on July 11th, there were some
passengers allowed to board Air Canada Flight AC864 departing out of |
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The video showed
passengers standing inline, handing the gate agent their passports and
the agents verifying their identity with their paper work. However, a
group of Middle Eastern traveler’s next inline, a gentleman within that
group collected the passports of the women and handed the passports the
agent. It appears in the video that the agent did not verify the pictures on the passports to the faces of the women and two of the Middle Eastern were wearing a full face veil in which they did not revile their faces to the agent nor were asked to remove their veils to check their faces against their passports. They're not wearing hijabs, the partial Muslim scarf but the full veil that blocks everything but the eyes. The women then proceeded to board the aircraft.
As a result of the
video Federal Transport Minister John Baird is probing whether airlines
are following the rules requiring staff to see the faces of all
passengers, including those wearing veils. Baird said “such actions pose
a serious threat to the security of the air travelling public. |
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