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Originally Posted by Sidd Finch
No, I grasp it. I just think the extra time is minimal and causes very little hassle.
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Well, when you are in security line, as happened to me at Dulles awhile back, and there is one guy scrutinizing IDs so closely that the three inspection lines behind him are entirely open but it still takes you more than a half hour to get through security, then I don't think it's so minimal. I think that extra time spent in the airport has actual economic costs - it makes tourists marginally less interested in flying and, more importantly, directly increases the costs of business travel in ways that are a total loss.
Granted things would have been better if there weren't four TSA agents dealing with a girl who was sick, but there is still no excuse for the ID check being the bottleneck.
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I'm also waiting for you to show me some evidence of the "close to zero additional deterrent" -- typically, when one does "the cost vs. benefit thing," one relies on more than overall crankiness and hunches.
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I guess it depends on how hard you think it is to get a fake ID.
ETA: btw, Sebby, now would be a good time to rehash your rant about responding to any obvious fact with "cite please."
