[Publius Valerius]

So your answer is that you can't say how it makes the flight safer.

Just so we're clear, you can't rationalize this law at all. All right.

[Cultural Jihad]

Whether the law can be rationalized or not is not the point. In our system of self-governance people have a lot of freewill choices. They can either challenge the law, obey the law, or break the law. In all cases, an individual must accept the consequences of their freewill actions.

[yer gonna put yer eye out]

This procedure adds another LAYER of security.
It's not an end-all be-all regulation, just another tool to HELP ensure safety on the flight.
Will it ENSURE safety?..No...No more than having a police station in your town will ensure safety.
This big flame-up over such a minor issue exhibits to me how many leftist are lurking on FR...some of them are apparently moles based on their histories.
If you lefties are so worried about showing I.D.'s why did you agree to submit to the (boot licking) degrading procedure to get a driver's license?
Or a bank card? Or a SS card?...