[IP] more on Air travel without ID.
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From: Liz Ditz <ponytrax@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: August 27, 2004 1:06:08 PM EDT
To: dave@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [IP] Air travel without ID.
Dear Dave, [for IP if you wish]: Air travel w/out ID with teens.
My daughter (Allison the Adorable*) is now 15 1/2 years old. While she
has a passport, and I mostly remember to bring it with me when we fly,
we usually don't present official ID when we travel. (And we fly about
4-5 times per year.) What the security systems seem to expect from
teens below driving age are school IDs, which she's never had (the
wonders of going to a small school or homeschooling. ) Her lack of ID
has never been questioned. I have never had to produce her passport.
She has never been selected for additional examination (wanding,
etc.)
Who is to say that a person dedicated to taking over an aircraft can't
be young and cute? I passed for 14 when I was 25. I wonder how
different our experience would be if she weren't so cute, or so white,
or so blue-eyed, or if she wore a hijab,
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*This list is largely for scientists. Substantiating claims of
adorability:
photo here:
http://lizditz.typepad.com/photos/family_photos_more_curren/
al_liz_grad_03_1.html
**********
Liz Ditz
ponytrax@xxxxxxxxxx
cell: 650-303-5967
blog: http://lizditz.typepad.com
Success: fall down seven times, stand up eight.
On Aug 27, 2004, at 8:42 AM, David Farber wrote:
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