Sancho Panza wrote:

"Mike Hunt" postmaster@localhost wrote in message
...

Sancho Panza wrote:


If a real terrorist had a fake and a real boarding pass, why would he or
she
present the fake one at the security checkpoint, especially if the pass
is
not checked against a database?


Do you still not understand??

The name in REAL reservation would be checked against the database.
This is why they would us a fake name for this reservation.

The REAL boarding pass would NOT be in their name, so this avoids a check
against the terrorist watch list. I was talking about terrorists on the
watch list, not all terrorists.


They would use the fake one at the security check point, because this is
where the ID and BP name have to match.


If they're going to board a plane anyway, what's the difference?


If someone on the terrorist watch list used their real name, they
wouldn't be able to get on the plane.