Quote Originally Posted by darren-b View Post
That would make sense if they were checking your passport/photo against the record they held for you. Be fairly easy to flag up people of interest.

You might want to read about the e-Boarders programme. Over the next year most carriers are going to be forced to collect information about passengers to/from the UK even before they travel (like Spain, etc does now) and your travel history will be kept for up to 10 years.
Just had a quick look http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/ma...ebordersworks/

One company involved Serco seem to be everywhere

Sounds like one more IT programe the UK can bodge up. Going to be fun at passport control where the system goes down for whatever reason..

Many work mates who travel regularly use the Iris scan system and say often that has issues at heathrow on regular occasions...