Originally Posted by
OldGoat
TSORon, are you saying that that passenger has to provide the TSA with an ID, or that the TSA requires it's agents to identify the passenger? The difference is substantial and important.
No, I’m saying that the TSA is required to make every attempt to validate the passenger holding the boarding pass is the same as the person who’s name it is made out to. Some people just don’t have ID, but there are other systems at TSA’s disposal to validate an individuals identity.
Originally Posted by
OldGoat
As to
49 CFR 1540.105(a)(2), it does not say that providing an ID is a system, method, or procedure for entering the sterile area. It doesn't even mention ID.
It is a part of a system. Not an entire system in and of itself. “The difference is substantial and important.”
Originally Posted by
OldGoat
Moreover, not even Blogger Bob claims that showing an ID is required. Instead, he says that the "identification requirement" is one method the TSA uses.
The blog you reference says:
(emphasis added)
Bottom line, although a passenger showing an ID has the advantage of speed, even Blogger Bob says no ID is required.
If you have evidence that the "identification requirement" is that the passenger show an ID, please provide it.
Finally, I thought the Phil Mocek trial put this issue to rest.
I believe that you would be hard pressed to find somewhere where I have made that claim either.
As for Phil, not hardly.