Originally Posted by
Often1
Point is that anybody who commits a 5-year federal felony over an air ticket, isn't thinking.
Originally Posted by
TSORon
... will get you arrested more than likely. There are 2 ID checks between the main airport doors and the aircraft, failing at either will get the local police called.
What crime? It's been established that for 99% of domestic USA flights, a passenger who is not on the blacklist could present a *real* BP (refundable ticket) or gate pass with their *real* ID at TSA's TDC, and then get on the plane using the other person's BP without a second look as long as the gender matches the perceived gender of the other person. In that case, no false info was presented to TSA at all. But even for the 1% where TSA checks IDs at the gate, or even if a passenger presents false or misleading ID or BP to the TDC or gate TSO, what is the "crime?"
TSA lists these sorts of offenses on their
*civil* fine schedule, which is a heck of a lot different from something being a felony.
The most relevant entries in the fine schedule seem to be:
Originally Posted by TSA bureaucracy
D. Tampering or interfering with, compromising, modifying,
attempting to circumvent, or causing a person to tamper or
interfere with, compromise, modify or attempt to circumvent any
security system, measure, or procedure. Includes the artful
concealment of prohibited items (except for those prohibited
items covered by section III.A., above) $1,500-$6,000
E. Entering or being present within a secured area, AOA, SIDA,
or sterile area without complying with the systems, measures,
or procedures being applied to control access to, or presence or
movement in, such areas $500-$3,000
F. Improper use of airport access medium $500-$3,000
G. Fraud and intentional falsification $2,500-$6,000 +
Criminal Referral
G looks the most serious (with criminal referral), but E and F seem to fit the offense much better, and those both max out at a $3000 fine with no mention of criminal referral.