Originally Posted by
law dawg
I'm not explaining myself well - wish I could blame it on booze.
We require IDs to drive for public safety. You have to pass a test to establish a minimum standard of proficiency.
We also require IDs to take to the skies in conveyances that could cause serious damage. Public safety again. The G wants to know who is up in it's airspace.
Two caveats-
1- This is a total SWAG on my part. I'm assuming this because there's no kind of screening requirement for any other type of travel. We don't show ID or are screened for buses, subways, etc. The only thing that separates these conveyances is method of travel. Airspace is much more important than roadways security-wise.
2- My normal caveat that I'm wrong around 80% of the time so take it all with a grain of salt.
I'm still confused law dawg, who was I supposed to show my ID to at Miami (OPF) before filing the flight plan I did not file anyway? And when the passenger boarded in North Florida (I've never met him before), was I supposed to ID him and compare his name to the super-duper official TSA watch-list?
The aircraft had 2700 lbs of kerosene, heavens on what might-have/could-have happened. I did not realize that TSA had such total lack of control (in spite of their efforts) on the US airspace.
I'm still lost on your premise that air travel requires the showing of ID for public safety. You, like the TSA, come up with poor-sounding excuses rather than actual facts. I strongly suggest you use the "R" in research before using the "W" in write, you'll look a lot less foolish here.