Originally Posted by
danielonn
It has always dawned on me why the airlines require you to enter your passport details for international travel but you are not required to enter your Drivers License or State ID number for domestic travel.
<snip>It would be a good idea to have either the Drivers License State ID and Passport ID# stored in the profile and the DHS would be able to see if you have a warrant or other suspicious circumstance and not clear you to fly.
1. It is because technically, it is a CBP requirement for you to have a passport (a few rare exceptions) to leave the country by air, and almost certain that whatever country you are visiting will require a passport for you to enter.
http://www.united.com/web/en-us/img/travel/depdoc.jpg
This AA thread has some interesting perspectives:
http://www.flyertak.com/forum/americ...unication.html
2. You honestly think that people should be forbidden to travel by air because they have a 'suspicious circumstance'? In America, people have rights by default and we require due process to remove or deny those rights (or at least we used to, pre-9/11). Ditto to the person who suggested you move to North Korea. You don't deserve to live in America.