Originally Posted by
Centurion
The entire ID check is guise to protect airline revenue so people do not fly on another ticket that will be worthless for non use or so gain an high elite status. The entire ID check is joke. All that matters is the individuals on the flight do not have weapons or devices to cause harm to others.
I have to disagree with this. While an ID check does protect airline revenues, that isn't the reason why the government does it. They do it in a misguided belief that people identified as potential terrorists will use their real identities when they fly, thereby enabling the TSA to thwart their efforts. Unfortunately, the only people they will catch are those people who aren't actually terrorists, just misinterpretations of their poorly assembled watch list.