Somewhere along the way, people have forgotten that the real purpose of checking the ID's and boarding passes of airline passengers is revenue protection -- preventing non-
refundable tickets from being used by others. That sounded a bit greedy so the airlines started calling it "security". Now we have a Federal bureaucracy that devotes much of its manpower to doing the airlines' revenue protection work for them.
As long as passengers are screened for weapons and explosives, cockpit doors are secured and many pilots are armed, this is not a security issue. The crime at hand here is a simple theft of services, not very well executed by the perpetrator.
Airline revenue protection, yes, security, no
refundable tickets from being used by others. That sounded a bit greedy so the airlines started calling it "security". Now we have a Federal bureaucracy that devotes much of its manpower to doing the airlines' revenue protection work for them.
As long as passengers are screened for weapons and explosives, cockpit doors are secured and many pilots are armed, this is not a security issue. The crime at hand here is a simple theft of services, not very well executed by the perpetrator.
Mike, Executive Director
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