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Old Feb 12, 2009 | 9:21 pm
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spotnik
 
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Originally Posted by sefrischling
The need for a more secure boarding pass has been discussed many times, by many people. I suggested the need for a secure boarding pass on my blog back in October. It has nothing to do with terrorism, but more to do with seeking out a way to verify a boarding pass. The hard part is making a secure boarding pass, that also removes the TSA from handling airline revenue issues.

I wrote about this topic in detail today on my Boarding Area blog here:
http://boardingarea.com/blogs/flying...-last-october/
Thanks for the link. Good article.
Personally, I'm not convinced that the focus on boarding passes and ID is the best place to spend security resources. (Of course, I'm also certain that I'm not privy to all the relevant info.) I just wanted to make sure I hadn't missed some part of the debate.
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