Originally Posted by
petaluma1
You do realize that it takes up to 6 weeks to get a passport card, don't you?
What happens when you live in a non-compliant state and find out that a close relative is near death 1200 miles away; you need to get there ASAP. You get a ticket and get to the airport only to find the TSA won't let you on the plane because you don't have an acceptable ID.
Methinks you need to expand your horizons and realize that a good part of the world doesn't work the way you seem to think it should.
ID isn't required to fly as long as you can verify your identity another way, you just face additional questioning and searching. So you'd still not be grounded in that situation. Harassed, but not grounded.