Originally Posted by
niksal
But that's just it! How do you know if a passenger is on the plane or not? There's no scanning of the BP, you don't collect any parts of the BP. In this case the gate agent just looked that the names on the BP and ID matched.
Usually gate agents do scan the boarding pass.
However sometimes if the scanner does not read, then they enter the sequencial number or maybe seat number. At which point they should match the name in the computer.
Still I don't mind if upon boarding an FA asks for my boarding pass or checks I am going to the right destination. Would be embarrassing to find oneself on the wrong plane...