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.
And Mr. Psycho books his ticket using his first initial and middle name (as is often recommended by airline check-in agents when frustrated pax complain about getting clobbered by the no-fly list). Or flies with an assumed identity / alias. But we've covered before just how ridiculous the notion of "ID = security" is, haven't we?
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.
At what point do they have to show ID to an agent? One can fly without ID; bringing an OLCI BP to the airport is enough to get through security, with "additional screening." Maybe (or maybe not, given the results of many red-team tests!) this prevents prohibited items from getting through; it surely doesn't prevent your "psycho" from making it through, even if he were on the list (which he isn't).
And I'll repeat for the hard of hearing: IDs do not equal security, in any way, shape, or form.