Next Time You Fly…I Dare You Not to Show ID
Here’s a great way to exercise your rights and freedoms. This is yet another instance that Americans have been duped into giving up their simple freedoms because we’ve been made to THINK that “it’s the law”. Well, showing your ID is not the law and it is not a federal requirement. You CAN get on a plane if you do not have your ID.
Why is is a violation of our rights to require identification when traveling? Because the fact is that it is a violation of human rights to deny travel from point A to point B if the government doesn’t give you permission to do so. It’s called Freedom of Movement. Just because you don’t have an ID doesn’t mean the gov’t can refuse your travel.
There is a great article written by someone who has put this idea to the test and has surprisingly found that when the airlines just use the old “it’s federal law” line when you fail to produce an ID it’s all just a bunch of hogwash. He’s encountered some very hostile airline workers and some very cooperative workers but every time, no matter their attitude towards him, he was permitted to board a plane without proper ID and sometimes with absolutely no identification at all. He was even shown a Federal Aviation guideline sheet that lays out what to do if a passenger fails to provide identification. In the end, you are permitted to board no matter what.
However, he did produce a copy of Security Directive 96-05, which the Federal Aviation Agency issued to all airlines in August of 1996. Its wording is very instructive; it reads as follows:
1. IDENTIFY THE PASSENGER -
A. ALL PASSENGERS WHO APPEAR TO BE 18 YEARS OF AGE WILL PRESENT A GOVERNMENT ISSUED PICTURE ID, OR TWO OTHER FORMS OF ID, AT LEAST ONE OF WHICH MUST BE ISSUED BY A GOVERNMENT AUTHORITY.
B. THE AGENT MUST RECONCILE THE NAME ON THE ID AND THE NAME ON THE TICKET — EXCEPT AS NOTED BELOW.
C. IF THE PASSENGER CANNOT PRODUCE IDENTIFICATION, OR IT CANNOT BE RECONCILED TO MATCH THE TICKET, THE PASSENGER BECOMES A “SELECTEE.” CLEAR ALL OF THEIR LUGGAGE AS NOTED IN SECTION 6, BELOW.
6. CLEAR SELECTEE’S CHECKED AND CARRY-ON LUGGAGE, AND SUSPICIOUS ARTICLES DISCOVERED BY THE QUESTIONS ASKED;
A. IF THE SELECTEE IS ON A FLIGHT WITHIN THE 48 CONTINENTAL US STATES, OR TO MEXICO, OR TO CANADA, ITEMS CAN BE CLEARED BY EITHER OF THE FOLLOWING METHODS:
1. EMPTY THE LUGGAGE OR ITEM AND PHYSICALLY SEARCH ITS CONTENTS BY A QUALIFIED SCREENER, OR;
2. BAG-MATCH — ENSURE THE BAG IS NOT TRANSPORTED ON THE AIRCRAFT IF THE PASSENGER DOES NOT BOARD.
B. IF THE SELECTEE IS ON AN INTERNATIONAL FLIGHT — CHECKED LUGGAGE, CARRY-ON LUGGAGE, AND SUSPECT ITEMS CAN BE CLEARED ONLY BY THE FOLLOWING METHOD; EMPTY THE LUGGAGE OR ITEM AND PHYSICALLY SEARCH ITS CONTENTS BY QUALIFIED SCREENERS.
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