Originally Posted by
PTravel
Great post, NDSol. I would love to see someone challenge TSA in court on this basis, as this is a straight-forward statutory construction question and doesn't even implicate the constitutional concerns (other than void-for-vagueness).
I agree, however I am curious when these regulations were written. It used to be that one checked in at the airline's desk with a live person to receive boarding documents, hence the ID check. However, with more widespread use of kiosks and OLCI, that's gone away. Perhaps this was designed as a way to meet the requirements set forth in the regulations but also not repeal these forms of check-in?