Cashman, the forum in question is
PPRuNe Forums - Professional Pilots Rumour Network
Pilots and all airport workers in the UK who have access to restricted areas are amongst the first to be getting the new ID cards, we already have a Restricted Area Card, also known as a Airside Pass, which allows you access to certain areas of the airport, ie a pilot will be allowed to access the Apron (where we park the planes), airside departure and arrival lounge, but not the baggage handling areas (where the mystical baggage handlers live and break your cases), or certain maintenance areas.
All staff who have one of these, as I do, has to undergo various security background checks, much more rigorous and time consuming than the new ID card checks.
The holder of a Airside Pass, still has to undergo Security Screening just as any other passenger and is also subject to the same rules.
BALPA (The British Airline Pilots Association) are against the ID card scheme as are the majority of Pilots and Air Crew.
Now I am off to play with my Crayons and Boeing 737-400, to Paris Orly and back