Originally Posted by meiji
Given the fact that you can buy a ticket online, check in electronically and board without any ID, how can there be any pretence of security and, for that matter no-fly lists.
You're right that ID checks are about pretense of security, rather than security itself.
Given that it is trivial to get a fake ID,
given that this is so easy that any teenager can get fake ID,
given that ID requirements do essentially nothing to add real security against any serious terrorist,
I'm surprised that anyone would expect ID checks to have anything to do with security against terrorism.