Spotting the passengers airlines don't want: QinetiQ's MatchMaker remembers the passengers your staff may wish to forget. Andy Wade, Technical manager, QinetiQ, explains how its system works. (Airport Security).

Airports International, December, 2001

Disruptive or undesirable airline passengers may become a thing of the past if the QinetiQ MatchMaker[TM] system continues to get the support already given to it by the British Airline Pilots' Association (Balpa). Using expertise developed from decades of military research, QinetiQ's Matchmaker[TM] will be able to supply timely information to the airlines on the existence of `previously' disruptive or undesirable passengers who are planning to fly on their aircraft.

The core of the system is a secured `Disruptive Passenger' database located on a QinetiQ site. Airlihe users will be linked to MatchMaker using standard communication technologies, but incorporating encryption at certain stages.

QinetiQ's MatchMaker will contain clearly specified data that...

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