Originally Posted by
pmocek
Only to drive on our public roads. And the identification is less significant than the licensing. We're required to receive a license in order to operate motor vehicles on public roads. Similarly, we're required to receive a license in order to operate an airplane in our public airways.
No license is required to ride as a passenger in a motor vehicle or an airplane.
Very true.
However, you drive on roads, not through the nation's airspace. Any country on Earth will want to regulate what passes and doesn't pass in it's airspace. It's too vulnerable.
Military strategy 101 is control the airspace. There's a reason for that.