Originally Posted by newcfii

To my fellow pilots;
I am not sure if I'm misinformed or taking this out of context, but here goes:

I was non-reving the other day out of CLT. I went through the line as a normal pax with my boarding pass and Crew ID. As I approached Mr. Ticket Inspector he looked at me and said are you flying today. Perplexed by this question as I was not in uniform, I said "well, I am flying as a pax, hence the boarding pass." He then informed me that my Crew ID was not an acceptable form of identification and I needed to supply him with my drivers license or passport. I said "you have got to be kidding me!" My Crew ID gets me through on a daily basis in uniform, but when out of uniform its worthless??? He then said if I had a SIDA badge, which as all of you know, we do not get in CLT, that would be acceptable. I said, "your SIDA badge, while you think gives you the world, only gives you access to airport areas and the ramp, not the AIRCRAFT!!! Am i just totally misinformed or just overly sensative because I am tired of high school graduates getting on a power trip and enforcing there "so-called" laws?? I really hope crew pass gets off the ground, while I know it will not help while non-reving, it will take some of the sting out of having to go through security while working!