I believe this is a bad policy, and think it should be opposed. Perhaps a law should be considered to change this. But obviously many people here would tell me I could just take another mode of transportation, such as riding the bus. Airlines are private corporations owned by their owners, not by their riders. The airlines apparently have a right (as Delta is doing) of demanding any prerequisite they wish for travel. In the case of Delta, the prerequisite is "May I see your papers, please?" [snip] I'm curious where the people here stand on such a policy. Do you feel that positive ID to fly on a plane should be permissable? How about a law to put a stop to it?
It is illegal to present forged government identification for matters involving goverment business or commercial business regulated by federal laws requiring such ID (e.g., purchase of cigarettes), but should it be illegal to present forged government IDs in other circumstances when no government regulation requires their presentation (the points regarding contractual agreement not withstanding)? I agree that airlines should be able to condition travel based on requisite identification, but I believe I should be able to present forged identifiction with no possibility of criminal presecution. --Steve PGP mail preferred Fingerprint: FE 90 1A 95 9D EA 8D 61 81 2E CC A9 A4 4A FB A9 Key available on BAL server, http://www-swiss.ai.mit.edu/~bal/pks-toplev.html --------------------------------------------------------------------- Steve Schear | tel: (702) 658-2654 CEO | fax: (702) 658-2673 First ECache Corporation | 7075 West Gowan Road | Suite 2148 | Las Vegas, NV 89129 | Internet: azur@netcom.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- I know not what instruments others may use, but as for me, give me Ecache or give me debt. SHOW ME THE DIGITS!