The nation's airports are warning of chaos for passengers if the White House doesn't postpone the looming Real ID deadline.
The law requires airline passengers to present a Real ID-compliant driver's license or ID card at Transportation Security Administration checkpoints in airports as of Oct. 1. Those licenses require more proof of identification than regular licenses and are generally marked with a star on the top.
But while states have already issued 95 million Real IDs, that represents just 34 percent of the total, leaving two-thirds of the country with about seven months to get them if they hope to use a license to board a plane.
Without a Real ID, airline passengers will be required to present a passport, military ID or Global Entry card to pass through security, even for domestic flights.
Note EU-Digest: this alarm and warning for chaos is totally overdrawn. Whoever travels by plane and carries no proper ID must be completely out of his or her mind, given the fact that a valid ID is usually required at check-in to get your ticket, and also given the fact that most travelers on planes are aware they need to have the proper ID because of security reasons. Everywhere else in the world you have to show not only your ticket, but also a valid ID before boarding a plane.
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The law requires airline passengers to present a Real ID-compliant driver's license or ID card at Transportation Security Administration checkpoints in airports as of Oct. 1. Those licenses require more proof of identification than regular licenses and are generally marked with a star on the top.
But while states have already issued 95 million Real IDs, that represents just 34 percent of the total, leaving two-thirds of the country with about seven months to get them if they hope to use a license to board a plane.
Without a Real ID, airline passengers will be required to present a passport, military ID or Global Entry card to pass through security, even for domestic flights.
Note EU-Digest: this alarm and warning for chaos is totally overdrawn. Whoever travels by plane and carries no proper ID must be completely out of his or her mind, given the fact that a valid ID is usually required at check-in to get your ticket, and also given the fact that most travelers on planes are aware they need to have the proper ID because of security reasons. Everywhere else in the world you have to show not only your ticket, but also a valid ID before boarding a plane.
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