Commenting on the Home Secretary's announcement today that pilots and all other airport workers in Manchesster and London City airports will be required to have the Government's ID card from autumn next year, Jim McAuslan, General Secretary of the British Airline Pilots' Association (BALPA) said:

'We are not convinced that this will improve airport security.

'We are not convinced this will deal with the hotch-potch of different regulations in different airports.



'We are not convinced that this is joined up government thinking.

'We shall be discussing this issue internally and consulting with our legal team.'

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