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Story: Pilots ready to seek legal action over ID cards

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Losing track

I fear that the original thread has been lost. But the need to prove ID satisfactorily is an unfortunate fact of modern life, accelerated, again unfortunately, by infiltration of those, almost all of non native stock, wishing to cause death and injury to people and property.
In order to make it very difficult for these people of violence to commit their acts it is really necessary for strict security in many places and amongst those whose profile is similar to previous terrorists and violent people.
To this end - and the safety of many - those who work at, or require access to, airports and similar must be readily identifiable as part of their employment terms regardless of their personal wishes . Aircrew do not work airside at airports, they just pass through to collect their plane and off they go - and they all have passports and aircrew documentation so should not require national ID Cards.
It should also be possible, anywhere and any time, for a police officer to be able to check and confirm a persons identity. With a non native UK born person, ie immigrant, it may not be possible to make an identify, therefore a national ID card should be carried.
That this may upset an immigrant is irrelevant as acceptance of UK laws and regulations is as necessary as learning English.

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