Originally Posted by pmocek

Yes, that's clear.



Okay, so what do you mean by "the acceptable ID"? This thing that people have the option of presenting to you? Of what significance are the things that it is required to have if passengers are not required to have it? Ari quoted related misinformation from your Web site.



Understood. You said that if a passenger presents credentials containing certain information the passenger would be "good to go". I repeatedly asked you what it would mean for someone not to be "good to go" but you never said. I think most people would read your initial response to mean, "If you present identity credentials with at least these pieces of information, you will be allowed proceed, and if you do not present such, you will not be allowed to proceed."



I speak from experience when I say that explaining to a TSA document checker that ID is not required frequently results in such. How do you suppose most of the document checkers you know would act if someone arrived and presented his boarding pass without "acceptable ID"? Do you suppose the doc checker would say, "I need your ID?" When the passenger says, "No, my boarding pass is all I'm required to show you," what do you suppose the reaction would be?

Do you think your agency clearly communicates the fact that passengers are not required to "show ID" at your checkpoints?