The announcement of the planned six month RFID pilot between BAA and Emirates has certainly gained a lot of headlines, which itself shows the potential of RFID to attract attention. But more questions still need to be asked about ths trial.
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The well-documented baggage-handling problems at Terminal 5 may prompt some to wonder why RFID, which is being successfully adopted for baggage-handling at a string of airports worldwide, wasn't used in the new terminal.
A few weeks ago, BAA was happy to bathe in the same publicity as its partner in Terminal 5 baggage crime, BA. BAA had announced its RFID trial with Emirates Airlines, while BA was touting T5, saying it would 'transform your travel experience' under the unfortunate headline Terminal 5 'inside out'. Both are true: T5 is currently indeed, 'inside out', and it certainly has transformed the travel experience, for the worse.
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