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ARINC to Rollout CrewPASS for TSA

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Wednesday, September 16th, 2009

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Following approval from the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), ARINC Inc. is proceeding with the rollout of its CrewPASS electronic identification service for airline crews. The company recently added biometric fingerprint scans to CrewPASS, part of the evolution of the system since pilot testing began at three airports last year. The service is designed to give working airline crews expedited clearance through TSA security checkpoints at airports in the U.S. ARINC and its data partner LexisNexis/Choice Point began collecting fingerprint scans…

Congress

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Congress

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Space

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