Originally Posted by
T-the-B
a way to retaliate against passengers who do not show the proper docility.
Speaking of which, see also SATTSO's post yesterday in the
FT: "Damaged Indentification" thread, in which he describes his own retaliatory behavior:
Originally Posted by
SATTSO
Originally Posted by
pmocek
Originally Posted by
TSO1973
Originally Posted by
pmocek
Mrcav, in that situation, you shouldn't have any problems with TSA. You're not required to show ID in the first place, and a damaged ID is no worse than the lack of any ID. But TSA staff are frequently unfamiliar with their own policies, and TSA would prefer to have people think that showing ID is mandatory, so it's likely that you will experience some trouble. You'd best leave yourself extra time and be ready to deal with some ignorance and power-tripping.
As far as the ignorance and the power tripping statement, you're painting a pretty broad stroke with that brush. But you're entitled to your opinion.
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?
Phil, as far as your question as to what might happen if someone refused to present ID, I think you already well know one of the possible answers.
However, I have encountered a situation like yours and the one you describe. It's quiet easy to deal with. A passenger refused to present ID, he wasn't allowed in. And I did not check his BP. Now it didn't happen, but if he would have proceeded past me there is an easy solution. Since I had not checked his BP, i would have had a LEO escort him back out of the checkpoint.
It's all about compliance.
(Also note SATTSO's apparent belief that police officers take direction from TSA bag checkers.)