> I didn't hear a single announcement alerting passengers how to avoid the face scanners.
> To figure out how to do so, I had to leave the boarding line, speak with a Delta representative at their information desk, get back in line, then request a passport scan when it was my turn to board.
While I agree that it's made as easy as possible to go with the flow, and communicated less clearly than I'd like that you can avoid it, I think that this (the article's presentation, not your post) is disingenuous. I flew from DTW to SYX about 6 months ago, and saw signs (though no announcements) clearly indicating that you could opt out. I simply told the boarding agent when I came to the front of the line that I wanted to opt out; there was no need to leave the line.
(In the interest of full disclosure, I don't know for sure that this works, because they were trying to speed up very delayed boarding and had given up on the facial scanning anyway, so they just waved me past without appearing even to notice that I asked.)
> To figure out how to do so, I had to leave the boarding line, speak with a Delta representative at their information desk, get back in line, then request a passport scan when it was my turn to board.
While I agree that it's made as easy as possible to go with the flow, and communicated less clearly than I'd like that you can avoid it, I think that this (the article's presentation, not your post) is disingenuous. I flew from DTW to SYX about 6 months ago, and saw signs (though no announcements) clearly indicating that you could opt out. I simply told the boarding agent when I came to the front of the line that I wanted to opt out; there was no need to leave the line.
(In the interest of full disclosure, I don't know for sure that this works, because they were trying to speed up very delayed boarding and had given up on the facial scanning anyway, so they just waved me past without appearing even to notice that I asked.)