TSA & ID
Jun 30, 2013 | 3:45 pm
#17
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: ORD
Programs: AAdvantage
Posts: 110
Maybe emailing a cell phone photo of needed documents would be a good idea too. Emailed photos would certainly be more portable for the young people in question once their batteries are recharged. If I was the parent overnighting the licenses to CA I would probably tuck a few nicotine patches into the envelope also. Too subtle?
Jun 30, 2013 | 6:23 pm
#18
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: PHX & PPT
Programs: DL PM, IHG Plat, Hilton Gold, AmExPlat
Posts: 833
The best advice given above is for them to try another checkpoint. There are four checkpoints in Terminal 4 in PHX, at Gates A, B, C, & D, two each at either end of the concourse; all checkpoints eventually will connect up to any Southwest gate. TSA is consistently inconsistent even in the same terminal! But it sounds like it's too late for that now?
There are no designated smoking areas inside the sterile area in PHX, only outside the terminal. I can understand how the guys would have thought they'd have no problem going through security again after their smoke because it worked in PIT without ID. It's not unreasonable (just naive) to expect the policy to be the same at both airports...
There are no designated smoking areas inside the sterile area in PHX, only outside the terminal. I can understand how the guys would have thought they'd have no problem going through security again after their smoke because it worked in PIT without ID. It's not unreasonable (just naive) to expect the policy to be the same at both airports...
Jun 30, 2013 | 11:11 pm
#20
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: LAS
Posts: 1,532
With TSA Secure Flight, when the flight is booked, the name is checked against the no fly list. That is why the name on the boarding pass is supposed to match the name on the government issued identification which is presented to the TSA TDC.
Jul 1, 2013 | 8:36 am
#22
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Houston
Posts: 8,957
If they complied with what the TSA wanted to the extent they could at the time of screening, then the failure to have ID should not be a fatal impediment to entering the sterile area. Otherwise that would be in contradiction to Gilmore v. Gonzales where the district court and Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals held there was no constitutional violation because air passengers could still travel without identification if they instead underwent the more stringent "secondary screening" search. More of this story needs to get out if it is in contradiction to Gilmore.