Originally Posted by
pmocek
That's not what you said. You said things like that:
And if someone doesn't "have those specific things"? I keep asking you what it means for someone not to be "good to go", but you still haven't said. In fact, it's not completely clear what "good to go" means. Do you mean that if someone shows you identity credentials with the information you listed, that person will be allowed to proceed?
When someone asks about potential trouble from TSA when traveling with damaged ID, I would expect your response to be, "No, you won't have any trouble from us, unless you consider answering a few questions and having you and your belongings thoroughly searched for weapons, explosives, and incendiaries, to be trouble. You don't need to show us ID in the first place. Doing so is optional. It would just get you through our checkpoint with less scrutiny than we'll give you if you don't have it." That's the case, isn't it?
This is starting to sound like Clinton's "what the meaning of 'is' is"....
Good to go means exactly that. If I'm at TDC and I have the information I listed on the ID that's being presented, the boarding pass gets stamped and you are on your way, good to go. If you don't have or choose not to present the ID, then additional screening kicks in. That additional screening is done by other officers, not myself.