tcmay@got.net (Timothy C. May) writes:
(As has been commented upon by many analysts, it's likely that the airline companies are enforcing the picture I.D. rule so as to stop the practice of people buying discount tickets and then selling them to others. Specifically, many corporations buy tickets in advance of knowing who the actual business traveller will be. The airlines are causing many who arrive at the ticket counter to "upgrade" to a full-fare ticket under their real name.)
When I fly, my name is _always misspelled in weird ways by the subhumans who do this sort of work. I'd have problems if "Gimidri Voolens" had to match some photo id. --- Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM Brighton Beach Boardwalk BBS, Forest Hills, N.Y.: +1-718-261-2013, 14.4Kbps