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my comment as wellOriginally Posted by okazon69
There was no terminal dump following this serious breach in security? Wow....
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When I had walked through, there was no one at the ID Check station, despite there being a steady stream of people walking through the Priority Line. I immediately announced myself to the closest TSO and asked him to check my ID and Boarding Pass (I certainly did not want a repeat of EWR last March).
He gratefully complied and said he would fix the situation immediately.
I assume I did the right thing. I also hope this is not common place.
Thoughts?
ID is not security. TSA should never check IDs for any reason.Originally Posted by BayTalker
Earlier today, I was walking through the Priority Security line at ORD. After making it past the metal detectors, I realized that I'd never been asked for my ID or Boarding Pass -- but had actually just walked in without proving who I was or that I had a flight.When I had walked through, there was no one at the ID Check station, despite there being a steady stream of people walking through the Priority Line. I immediately announced myself to the closest TSO and asked him to check my ID and Boarding Pass (I certainly did not want a repeat of EWR last March).
He gratefully complied and said he would fix the situation immediately.
I assume I did the right thing. I also hope this is not common place.
Thoughts?
You should have just enjoyed your flight without any concern as to whether you were still you, or whether your identity was stolen without being duplicated while you were at the airport.
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You should have just enjoyed your flight without any concern as to whether you were still you, or whether your identity was stolen without being duplicated while you were at the airport.
I agree. You put yourself at considerable risk of being accused of committing some sort of security violation which could have resulted in detention, arrest and/or civil fines.Originally Posted by Spiff
ID is not security. TSA should never check IDs for any reason.You should have just enjoyed your flight without any concern as to whether you were still you, or whether your identity was stolen without being duplicated while you were at the airport.
Did the screener to whom you surrendered write down any of your personal information?
Get a comment card and mail it in with the date/time/details/location. Hopefully, they'll review the tapes and take action for the breach.
Even though ID checking isn't "real security", someone obviously wasn't doing their job correctly, (break? bathroom? smoke?), and it would probably be a service to the rest of us if they weren't employed for much longer.
Even though ID checking isn't "real security", someone obviously wasn't doing their job correctly, (break? bathroom? smoke?), and it would probably be a service to the rest of us if they weren't employed for much longer.
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I assume I did the right thing. I also hope this is not common place.
Thoughts?
There was the chance the gate agent might not have let you board because the secret TSA stamp and initials were not on your boarding pass.Originally Posted by BayTalker
I assume I did the right thing. I also hope this is not common place.
Thoughts?
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I've never had my bp stamped (I've never seen a TSA person with a stamp). The scribble on the bp (assuming the GA knows what to look for) could be "duplicated" by anyone.Originally Posted by SirFlysALot
There was the chance the gate agent might not have let you board because the secret TSA stamp and initials were not on your boarding pass.
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I highly doubt that ORD GA personnel care about TSA scribbles on BP. That is UA's largest hub location, with literally thousands of connecting passengers daily. I don't know about you, but my connecting BP stays in my pocket until required to board the aircraft, TSA never sees it and, therefore, never stamps/scribbles/baby draws anything on it. I have never been stopped for that.Originally Posted by SirFlysALot
There was the chance the gate agent might not have let you board because the secret TSA stamp and initials were not on your boarding pass.
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Since one can reprint one's BP in the club or just ask for another, this is not a concern.Originally Posted by SirFlysALot
There was the chance the gate agent might not have let you board because the secret TSA stamp and initials were not on your boarding pass.
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He gratefully complied and said he would fix the situation immediately.
I assume I did the right thing.
Originally Posted by BayTalker
I immediately announced myself to the closest TSO and asked him to check my ID and Boarding Pass (I certainly did not want a repeat of EWR last March).He gratefully complied and said he would fix the situation immediately.
I assume I did the right thing.
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That's up to you. Seeing that there was no terminal dump, it's hard to say you did the wrong thing. There is a chance, albeit small, that a terminal dump would have been "necessary" if you had not done what you did. Originally Posted by BayTalker
I assume I did the right thing.
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Why not? The biggest threat presented by a failure to check IDs is the threat of a terminal dump.Originally Posted by BayTalker
I also hope this is not common place.
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Thoughts?
I think it would have been fun to go all the way to the gate, then tell a GA that your ID and BP were never checked by TSA. You could have done it in a "Oh my gosh, I just realized..." sort of fashion, and suggested that this was happening to you and "a whole bunch" of other people.Originally Posted by BayTalker
I assume I did the right thing. I also hope this is not common place. Thoughts?
A terminal dump at ORD on a Friday morning would have been a nightmare, and a considerable embarassment to TSA.
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If Alvin Crabtree & Francine The Googling Lawyer don't embarass the TSA, I seriously doubt something like this would...Originally Posted by clrankin
A terminal dump at ORD on a Friday morning would have been a nightmare, and a considerable embarassment to TSA.