Originally Posted by
TSORon
I read both, and while they are interesting I believe that you are reading far to much into the directives and laws involved. Hair splitting.
“(c) An individual may not enter a sterile area or board an aircraft if the individual does not present a verifying identity document as defined in §1560.3 of this chapter, when requested for purposes of watch list matching under §1560.105(c), unless otherwise authorized by TSA on a case-by-case basis.”
It seems you are assuming that this says that you must provide that ID verifying document only to the aircraft operator. Not quite accurate, that is not what it says. TSA now does the watch list matching, so a request for the ID from a TSA employee is a valid request, if done so prior to entering the sterile area. The TSO will use that document to verify that the boarding bass or sterile area access pass is in the possession of the individual who’s name appears on the document. The TSO will also seek to verify that the ID document is valid, not a forgery, and actually belongs to the individual presenting it as ID.
I'm wondering if any TSA employees on this thread can clear up some confusion for me.
I travel by air roughly every other week and my experience is usually something like this:
1. I approach the ID checker station and hand over my BP and passport.
2. The document checker looks at both.
3. The document checker scribbles on my BP.
4. The document checker hands both back to me.
5. I proceed to the screening lanes.
Where in the above is the step
"The document checker conducts a watch list matching operation to ensure I'm not on a watch list"?
If TSA wants to compare my ID to a watch list it would seem that there is some support for that as quoted above. However; if TSA wants my ID for a charade, that is a different thing entirely.