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Old Feb 12, 2009 | 9:37 pm
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Originally Posted by Scubatooth
yeah like the whole point that none of it adds to security just hassle and alot of expense ontop of the mt Everest sized turd called tsa
There is no real hassle with the scanning of an encrypted bar code. You hand the boarding pass to the TDC, they scan it while staring at your ID with a flash light and magnifying glass.

Either it matches up or it doesn't. It should actually reduce hassles.
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