Originally Posted by
ContinentalFan
The hijacker needs to buy a ticket and have an ID--makes the person potentially traceable. If they forge an ID, they'd have to steal a cc or pay cash. The system isn't perfect, but it makes bad guys think the process through. Based on the recent incident in Glasgow, it appears that the TSA isn't always dealing with the smartest people on the planet. I'm not too concerned.
Checking ID is just Kabuki security. Just today I traveled by air VIE-HAM and my ID was not checked
at all. Nobody seemed to have any problem with that. I had no bombs, guns, or other weapons. I was not a threat, ID or not. I even collected the boarding passes of other passengers when I collected mine and they traveled with me -- all without showing ID. Shock of shocks!
Further discussion of this can be found on the TS&S forum.
Xyzzy
CO forum moderator