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    This sounds like a Law.SE question
    – JonathanReez ♦
    Commented Mar 3, 2023 at 17:35
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    Probably depends a lot on the specific wording of their contract. May also depend on how training is handled (I.e. if it’s solely done internally by the handling agent or if the airline does it or somehow participates), and possibly on how this is all described in Timatic or other tools they use. BTW, welcome back, I believe we hadn’t seen you in a while.
    – jcaron
    Commented Mar 3, 2023 at 21:59
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    @jcaron TIMATIC's an absolute dog's breakfast on the relevant topic is all I can say. TIMATIC apparently had "long meetings" with the Home Office's Carriers Liaison Section in Hayes, and recently I phoned their head and constructively told him it's still nowhere near good enough. He didn't disagree with my explanations, but effectively revealed that they and TIMATIC struggle a lot to agree on acceptable wordings in general; in this case it caused the wording to be downright misleading. That said, my impression with most handlers is that they don't chiefly rely on Timatic for this
    – Crazydre
    Commented Mar 3, 2023 at 22:13
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    Is your issue that you're trying to fly to the UK with just a Swedish ID card while being a UK resident?
    – JonathanReez ♦
    Commented Mar 4, 2023 at 18:59
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    @JonathanReez Yep, right you are! Settled/pre-settled status doesn't come with a physical document but pops up on the screen when my ID's scanned at the border. Therefore, the Home Office has written in three carrier communications "Carriers are not currently required to check an EU, EEA or Swiss citizen’s immigration status, or confirm that they are entitled to enter the UK on a national identity card, when deciding whether to bring them to the UK. They only need to check that they have a valid passport or valid national identity card." That detail is what most handlers are clueless about.
    – Crazydre
    Commented Mar 4, 2023 at 20:40