Originally Posted by
United737522
No one is stopping you from taking a boat or using your own 2 feet.
As if those were reasonable alternatives.
Originally Posted by
United737522
Ok, so no ID checks. Mr. Psycho buys a ticket, has no weapons, boards a plane. Mr. Psycho just broke out of the mental hospital and no one knows who he is. At 35,000 feet, he goes on a rampage and hurts people. He was on the no-fly list due to his status, but no IDs mean anyone can get on. Hmmm... that is real comforting.
The purpose of security is to protect the plane from being taken over or being downed; it is not your scenario. It is too easy to avoid the ID check; it is not a true security check. If you really are that concerned about that remote possibility, shouldn't you also be concerned about every person that enters a movie theater?
Originally Posted by
United737522
With your theory all OLCI pax who normally have the convienience of not interacting with airline employees and going to the gate now have to show an ID to agent. All this when it could be checked when he is going through security anyway. It would be so much more inconvienient.
The ID checkers do not review the no-fly list and, as previously stated, you do not need an ID to fly domestically.