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Old Feb 23, 2010 | 11:10 am
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Originally Posted by mikeef
Does anyone else still burst out laughing every time they pull out that little magnifying glass and examine your ID like it's a rare stamp?
They ought to do the same for the boarding pass, as the "thorough" ID check is worthless without an equally thorough check of the boarding pass. Oh... wait... BPs are not "secure" by any definition of the word. If the TSA really gave a rat's rear end about matching IDs to boarding passes, they would not let airlines issue home-printed (OLCI) boarding passes without verifiable one-time-use bar codes.

This is just another example of how TSA management is either concerned with theater/production values, or is far less qualified than I. Note that I do not claim that I could competently run the TSA.

I've been tempted to use fluorescent ink to mark my ID with some amusing/odd message (or to "spill" a few drops), but the little good judgement that I have has always gotten in the way of my plans.
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