does the law/courts say ID is not required to...
May 1, 2008, 1:51 pm
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does the law/courts say ID is not required to...
Board an aircraft?
or
Clear the security checkpoint?
I'm picking up a UM at the airport...when i get my gate pass (by showing my ID to the TA) can i then proceed to the checkpoint and go through without ID? just for fun...not sure if it's worth the SSSSSing, but what are your thoughts?
or
Clear the security checkpoint?
I'm picking up a UM at the airport...when i get my gate pass (by showing my ID to the TA) can i then proceed to the checkpoint and go through without ID? just for fun...not sure if it's worth the SSSSSing, but what are your thoughts?
May 1, 2008, 2:12 pm
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Board an aircraft?
or
Clear the security checkpoint?
I'm picking up a UM at the airport...when i get my gate pass (by showing my ID to the TA) can i then proceed to the checkpoint and go through without ID? just for fun...not sure if it's worth the SSSSSing, but what are your thoughts?
or
Clear the security checkpoint?
I'm picking up a UM at the airport...when i get my gate pass (by showing my ID to the TA) can i then proceed to the checkpoint and go through without ID? just for fun...not sure if it's worth the SSSSSing, but what are your thoughts?
We encourage each adult traveler to keep his/her airline boarding pass and government-issued photo ID available until exiting the security checkpoint (children are not required to show identification). The absence of proper identification will result in additional screening.
May 1, 2008, 2:49 pm
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I would agree. A screener at the low end of the curve might demand ID, not knowing it wasn't a requirement. A screener at the high end of the curve, but still waiting to manipulate you, might realize you're going to need ID to accept the handoff of the UM, and demand to see it since it will be required at the gate. Either one can be told to pound sand, and that you trust the GA and TA to not misuse data from your ID, but the jury's still out on them.
May 1, 2008, 3:03 pm
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You'll need an ID to pick up a UM, at least on most airlines. A smart screener will know that. I'd expect them to not believe that you have no ID. Then again, most are not that smart.
May 1, 2008, 3:22 pm
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links to TSA letter, newspaper article re: lack of airport ID requirement
In the letter, Ms. Oliver wrote:
If a traveler is unwilling or unable to produce a valid form of ID, the traveler is required to undergo additional screening at the checkpoint to gain access to the secured area of the airport. Access to the secured area of the airport will be denied to any traveler who refuses to undergo the additional screening.
Additionally, the Kansas City Star published a story about the lack of ID requirement on their front page last month. See: "Although airport security tells passengers they must show ID to board planes, they really don’t" by Scott Canon and Mike Rice, Kansas City Star, April 9, 2008)
May 1, 2008, 3:55 pm
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true about showing i/d to the airline csr to get the gate pass and then again to the airline rep accompanying the minor (least hopefully the latter) but still no to the tsa (and if they ask, "as the song goes, "ain't nobody's business but my own")
May 2, 2008, 6:45 am
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True, but I think I'd rather say "I object to showing ID to TSA" or something of the sort rather than saying "I don't have ID".
May 2, 2008, 8:35 am
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May 2, 2008, 1:17 pm
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and yes, i need ID to pick up my cousin from the airline.
this brings back memories of when i was 10, i flew to chicago and met my grandpa at the airport (he also flew in). he sees me, comes up to me and the GA, and gives me a big hug. i looked right at the GA and said "I've never seen this man before in my life!"
