That is, unless you just say, you "forgot" your ID…
In a major change of policy, the Transportation Security Administration has announced that passengers refusing to show ID will no longer be able to fly. The policy change, announced on Thursday afternoon, will go into force on June 21, and will only impact passengers who refuse to produce ID. Passengers who lie and claim to have lost or forgotten their proof of identity will still be able to fly.
Yep, a terrorist would never lie and say "whoops I forgot my ID" now would they? The full story can be read on CNET News.com.
Michael Sauers is the Director of Logan Library in Logan, UT. Prior to this he was one of the founding staff and Technology Manager for Do Space in Omaha, NE. After earning his MLS in 1995 from the University at Albany's School of Information Science and Policy Michael spent his first 20 years as a librarian training other librarians in technology along with time as a public library trustee, a bookstore manager for a library friends group, a reference librarian, a technology consultant, and a bookseller. He has written dozens of articles for various journals and magazines and has published 14 books ranging from library technology, blogging, Web design, and an index to a popular horror magazine. In his spare time, he blogs at TravelinLibrarian.info, runs The Collector's Guide to Dean Koontz website at CollectingKoontz.com, takes many, many photos, and typically reads more than 100 books a year.
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One Reply to “Your Papers Please: TSA outlaws ID-less flight”
Eek! I’ve flown ID-less before – when I thought I’d lost my driver’s license in CA at last years IL conference (later found it in one of my bags – long story…). Anyway, I got through with no problems, just a fairly thorough search of my purse, but I wasn’t all that concerned that I wouldn’t be able to get home. This is a bad precedent – I’m not liking it at all!!
Eek! I’ve flown ID-less before – when I thought I’d lost my driver’s license in CA at last years IL conference (later found it in one of my bags – long story…). Anyway, I got through with no problems, just a fairly thorough search of my purse, but I wasn’t all that concerned that I wouldn’t be able to get home. This is a bad precedent – I’m not liking it at all!!