• @son_named_bort
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      2411 months ago

      I mean airport security is not as secure as it claims. I could see some tired TSA worker waving him through without paying much attention to the ID, especially in a busy airport like Phoenix.

      • @[email protected]
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        611 months ago

        In the EU you used to have within-the-EU flights where you wouldn’t be asked for an ID once. Scan your ticket and there you go. Maybe you bought this PDF off a weird looking guy in front of the airport, who cares. They now check it more often than not, but it still happens you fly without a single ID check.

        So, I’d assume for a national US flight it probably makes sense nobody needed to actually track his ID for immigration purposes, and so a short look without a digital scan is enough. And a tired TSA employee just didn’t care at all on that day.

      • @[email protected]
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        211 months ago

        I imagine them thinking that if they didn’t the next two hours will be spent dealing with a crazy person throwing a tantrum and that it’s not worth it

    • @[email protected]
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      1211 months ago

      It’s believable. I lost my ID like 2 days before a flight, and my Sam’s membership card was sufficient to get let through.

    • Neato
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      511 months ago

      Maybe twenty years ago. You need RealID now and something tells me that thing doesn’t scan.