[41925] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: OT Re: Analysis from a JHU CS Prof
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jared Mauch)
Wed Sep 12 19:46:59 2001
Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2001 18:32:23 -0400
From: Jared Mauch <jared@puck.Nether.net>
To: Eliot Lear <lear@cisco.com>
Cc: John Fraizer <nanog@Overkill.EnterZone.Net>, nanog@merit.edu
Message-ID: <20010912183223.C4643@puck.nether.net>
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In-Reply-To: <004b01c13bd5$794607b0$d40123d9@cisco.com>; from lear@cisco.com on Wed, Sep 12, 2001 at 02:54:17PM -0700
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On Wed, Sep 12, 2001 at 02:54:17PM -0700, 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.
some airlines allow you to check-in for flights at home
(as well as using these e-machines). It will be interesting to
see if they are unable to use these machines and services due
to (new) FAA requirements.
- Jared
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