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30 years ago that headline would have been about as startling as "Man drinks cup of coffee."
by pg 15y ago
30 years ago that headline would have been about as startling as "Man drinks cup of coffee."
- btilly 15y agoMost here are not old enough to remember this. One way tickets cost as much as round trip tickets. So people would buy a round trip ticket then sell the return ticket. This was standard practice And they never used to ask for picture ID when you flew. The requirement for picture ID was instituted on the behalf of airlines seeking to end the practice. It wasn't about security. It was about money. Incidentally there is no actual law requiring picture ID. Well, the FAA says that it exists, but won't tell anyone what it is. (I wish I was making this up.) This was the subject of a lawsuit that was lost in the 9th circuit and not heard by the Supreme Court. See http://www.papersplease.org/gilmore/index.html http://www.papersplease.org/gilmore/index.html for more.
- fleitz 15y agoIsn't there a requirement that the laws be published in the Federal Journal or some such official journal that records what the laws are and are not? This is pretty much a standard practice in common law derived legislatures. Are you sure their claiming it's a law and not a regulation?
- roundsquare 15y agoI believe all regulations have to be published as well.
- hammock 15y agoYou can pass security and fly without a picture ID (You know this if you have ever forgotten to bring your ID to the airport). They just make you do a couple other things to identify yourself.
- pavel_lishin 15y agoLike what?
- hammock 15y agoYou just get extra screening by the TSA, Don't really have to show ID if you don't have it
- keeganpoppen 15y agoI recently forgot my driver's license, and I showed them my student ID (which did have my picture on it), and a couple of credit cards and I didn't even go through extra security. The TSA website makes it clear that you can get through security without a government-issued photo id (although they do discourage it).
- Lost_BiomedE 15y agoIf you go to a state university, that is a legal state issued ID.
- MichaelApproved 15y agoThey stopped allowing that now too.
- rms 15y agoI think the rule is you're only allowed if you claim forgetting your ID was an accident; you're not allowed to fly without ID as a liberty advocate.