Originally Posted by
DevilDog438
If that is the case, the system should not permit the passenger to OLCI and print any BP information. Otherwise, as has already been pointed out, someone can use the dreaded print to PDF routine of modifying the BP prior to printing to physical paper. Either apply security principles and deal with the fallout from FF that get pissed off about having to check in with a TA, or admit that it is a sham and stop issuing "not valid for security" OLCI documents.
That argument is just brain dead.
It has always been easy to print up a boarding pass that will clear security. You do not need an airline to help you. make it easy for you, just take a previous BP and edit the date/time.
The only significance in the paper pass is the bar code, and TSA does not check that. How friggen obvious can this be?
Calling it "security principals" is bogus.
Security is security, this crap is theater.
EDIT: The "legit" reason for the BP check has always been just to reduce the volume of pax to worry about, it was never a security issue. And now they have a more effective measure, gate groping.