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From the UK end.
To be honest, this visa thing is not very clear in the UK. No one is sure of when they will need one.
I do not think it will affect people going to America, in fact at the moment I would have thought there would be an increase, as its very cheap for us to go to the USA.
For us in the UK, you must realise that we have only ever had ID cards during world war two, and very few would want them. Its just the way we have got used to things. Most EU countries I think do carry ID cards, but not us in England.
At the moment it is poor communication in the UK about what is going on. I have not really heard much about it.
I think the main concern is having a 'gun man' on planes. The USA is insisting that all planes going to the USA from England must have a gun man on them in case of terrorist. The main airlines are all saying no to this, many pilots say they may not fly. That at the moment is the big problem. I think the gun man are called air marshals.
Air marshals have been vied as an overreaction in the UK. The main problem is if a bullet is fired, it WILL go through the plane creating problems, and so much safer not to have them.
You must realise that in the UK for many many years we have always had very tough security in the UK airports.
But, if another plane does get blown up, I suspect that it will mean many people not going by plane.
The truth is, if you really wanted to blow up a plane, I suspect that you could, regardless of what was put in place.
But as to the Visa thing, its mainly that its not clear in the UK who and when you need one. Its the air Marshall issue that is the big problem, and as I say, the Air Pilots Union, has said no to them.
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