Originally Posted by curl
scary loopholes in system? how does this happen??
does that little scanner do something or just beep?
The beep lets the GA know that the pax is GTB (good to board). At that time, it displays the passenger's name on the computer screen along with some other info. The GA is supposed to match the pax name on the boarding pass with the name that appears on the screen when the computer beeps. So I think you can guess how often these 2 names get confirmed.