You can't be serious! I think everyone who enters the plane should be verified each time they get on, no exception. Having such a thing down right dangerous, could you imagine the consequences when a terrorist gets hold of your pass?

The suggestion would still involve a photo verification, so a lost pass would not be a way to circumvent security. My point on behalf of someone who's flown 100's of thousands of miles without ever causing any incedent is that today's system is punishing me and i avoid flying to the chagrin of the airline industry... when the system of security you advocate is supposed to deter terrorists... instead it is deterring the bread and butter of the airline business.

At some point, we must get to a point where we can re-assert "trust" in society. In the background check to get such a photo-security-fastrack pass, a terrorist profile number much like a credit rating (and surely the total informaiton awareness nutters have this profile-likelihood rating); if this rating is anything but <no risk> then the card would not be issued... just likely the people who've been flying a lotta lot over many years are not those risks you're all worried about.

This has existed for several years in the USA. It is (or was) called INSpass. You provided your passport and some further information, and you got a photo ID that speeded you through. The INS did the background check, verfied you were employed and travelled frequently overseas ... you get the idea. For international road warriors, it was a godsend. I have no idea if it got cancelled after Homeland Security got control.

This could work if there were an absolutely positive way to verify a person's identity. Otherwise, it would be open to exploitation by terrorists. Also, past history is no guarantee of future behavior. A person with a good history could still become a risk due to mental illness.

There's a distinction between bypassing security and speeding through it. I'm against the former, for the latter. Inspass, by the way, is still around, but it's just a quicker way to get through immigration, not customs or security.

I fly >40,000 miles per year as I am a Asian. I think for security reason we better keep it as a good idea. In this region there is people who can work in an enterprise for more then a year and just want to get trade secret. After that they leave without a word. If you put it into the idea then you know the risk of having a free pass.

I would rather modify it into:"frequent flyer free pass to all lounge at any airport ...

What happens if terrorists take the frequent flyers family hostage and tell them that they will be killed if he does not take an explosive device on board?with the security bypass there would be nothing to stop them from doing this.