Is it your position that one must present ID rather than verbally identify oneself in order to comply with the law? Refer back to the text of the law and give me your honest read based on the actual law as written. Assume he verbally identified himself to the officers; would it be your opinion that he broke the law?
My opinion really doesn't matter. The main question is, did he hinder the LEO in any way during the performance of his official duties. If he immediately provided a boarding pass with his name, then the statute may have been met. It depends on all of the involved circumstances surrounding the event and whether the LEO believed he (phil) satisfied the ID requirement. I hate to second-guess other LEOs without actually being in their shoes.