In message "Sancho Panza"
wrote:
>
>"Mike Hunt" wrote in message
>news:2o-dneUGFMSAk-zYnZ2dnUVZ_vednZ2d@comcast.com...
>> Sarah Czepiel wrote:
>>
>>> On Fri, 01 Dec 2006 01:11:08 GMT, DevilsPGD
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> :>In message Sarah Czepiel
>>> :> wrote:
>>> :>
>>> :>>You haven't flown recently, Mike. Only ticketed passengers are
>>> :>>allowed through the TSA screening area. No meeters and no greeters
>>> :>>get through to the gate area. None. :>
>>> :>Holy ., you appear to be willfully ignorant, extremely stupid, or
>>> :>doing a very good impression. I'll type this slowly for you.
>>>
>>> Mikes comment : "....there are people that edit boarding passes just
>>> to avoid waiting in line to get a pass to meet someone airside. "
>>>
>>> My response is accurate. Only ticketed passangers get on the flight.
>>>
>>
>> No, I was giving another reason to edit a boarding pass.
>> 1. People edit them to get pass security for innocent reasons.
>> 2. A terrorist on the "watch list" could use a fake BP to get past
>> security. Once past security, they use a real BP, because there is no more
>> check of ID.
>
>No. 2 is not accurate.
>
What part isn't accurate? Having flown twice since my last post in this
thread, I can tell you conclusively that I was only asked for ID at
check-in (Which can be bypassed using online check-in), and at security.
I was *not* asked for ID at the gate. Period.
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