[41923] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: OT Re: Analysis from a JHU CS Prof
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Christian Kuhtz)
Wed Sep 12 19:38:31 2001
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Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2001 18:40:50 -0400
From: Christian Kuhtz <christian@kuhtz.com>
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To: Eliot Lear <lear@cisco.com>
Cc: John Fraizer <nanog@Overkill.EnterZone.Net>, nanog@merit.edu
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Eliot Lear wrote:
>
> > OK. You need photo-id to get your boarding pass. Since I always use
> > e-tickets, the boarding pass is the only "paper" involved.
>
> Under normal circumstances for flights within the US the FAA seems not
> to require ANY form of ID. It's many of the *airlines* that require ID,
> supposedly in the name of security, but mainly to keep people from using
> other people's tickets. Continental does not enforce an ID requirement
> at SFO, for instance. You stick your credit or frequent flyer card in
> the machine and it spits out your boarding pass, which you then hand to
> the gate agent.
Even if you did require photo ID for the boarding pass.. I can't recall a
flight in last several years where I was asked to present photo ID and
boarding pass when entering the jet way.
