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Real ID
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ppragman
No pasa nada.
"TREAD ON ME BABY!"
knot4u
Repeat Offender
All of this seems odd. It's weird that TSA is going to charge people $18 if they don't have a real id. Does $18 make everyone secure? Because real id is about security right? Or is it because the TSA is being forced to do extra work to verify someones identity before they get on a plane and they figured out on average it would cost $18/person? On the other hand pretending anyone in 2025 can somehow navigate the modern world without any form of identification also seems implausible, I'm sure there are exceptions but the overwhelming majority of people have some sort of id, life would be very difficult without one. In the last year I've crossed state lines over twenty times and no one has ever asked for an id. Why is everyone upset? What if we made getting SSNs or Tax ID numbers like a real id? Is getting one of those as difficult to obtain? Which is more important? I'm just a dumb mechanic with no answers.
ChasenSFO
hen teaser
If you put a Real ID under a blacklight, there is a LOT more going on making it hard to fake. Colorado does it best featuring a secret Stegasaurus. Between that and how much fraud we have in the US, it seems to me like a no brainer as to why TSA is making people have it. After all that crap to get one, it is definitely you lol.
Remember, first TSA said you CAN'T fly after a certain date without a Real ID, now you just pay a fine which is still giving the option to use a regular ID. Isn't that better?
Yes its a total pain to figure out...once. But we've had YEARS of "better get a Real ID or else travel will suck". Its not like they gave us 2 weeks. I do know that a huge number of urban people don't even carry an ID (yet some drive cars every day). Twice I've tried to hook hood people up with a rental car and they forgot their license because they never carry it. I really honestly won't even begin to pretend I understand what makes so many urban low income people who have a driver's license not ever want to carry it, but I see how because of it, this Real ID saga is bound to get racial if it hasn't already.
I get why those people would be up in arms about it, I do not understand why any airline pilot who already has gone thru so much certification and bureaucratic BS would take issue with it lol. Just an annoying thing we have to do exactly once.
Remember, first TSA said you CAN'T fly after a certain date without a Real ID, now you just pay a fine which is still giving the option to use a regular ID. Isn't that better?
Yes its a total pain to figure out...once. But we've had YEARS of "better get a Real ID or else travel will suck". Its not like they gave us 2 weeks. I do know that a huge number of urban people don't even carry an ID (yet some drive cars every day). Twice I've tried to hook hood people up with a rental car and they forgot their license because they never carry it. I really honestly won't even begin to pretend I understand what makes so many urban low income people who have a driver's license not ever want to carry it, but I see how because of it, this Real ID saga is bound to get racial if it hasn't already.
I get why those people would be up in arms about it, I do not understand why any airline pilot who already has gone thru so much certification and bureaucratic BS would take issue with it lol. Just an annoying thing we have to do exactly once.
Pilot Fighter
Well-Known Member
Last year I lost my wallet and flew home with no ID.