Discrimination on Boarding / Additional Travel ID

GwylimT

meer53 wrote: »

They already had valid ID, they had the OP's passport. They were asking for additional ID. not ID to allow the OP to board. Something obviously made them ask for further ID, we don't know what that something was.

I'm well aware, but airlines are only allowed to ask for ID that allows a person to board, therefore unless a domestic flight they are not allowed to take a driving card into consideration at all, therefore no matter what the card said they cannot use it in their decision as to whether or not someone can board. As far as a non-domestic flight is concerned a driving card is not ID.

Personally I would be reporting the airline for failure to follow aviation regulation.

peachyprice

tomtontom wrote: »

And still no answer to my question

If his name had been flagged, then yes, it would be reasonable. We are only getting OP's side of the story here.

tomtontom

peachyprice wrote: »

If his name had been flagged, then yes, it would be reasonable. We are only getting OP's side of the story here.

So it's ok to refuse boarding if someone doesn't have additional ID, when there is no obligation to carry it, purely on the basis they may have been "flagged up"?

Given that the OP was allowed to travel purely by showing their driving licence, it is reasonable to assume that this was not a check by the security services.

meer53

tomtontom wrote: »

So it's ok to refuse boarding if someone doesn't have additional ID, when there is no obligation to carry it, purely on the basis they may have been "flagged up"?

Given that the OP was allowed to travel purely by showing their driving licence, it is reasonable to assume that this was not a check by the security services.

They weren't allowed to travel purely by showing their Driving Licence, they had already given them their Passport. The Driving Licence was additional security, who knows why they asked for it ? We certainly don't, none of us were there were we ? We also don't know if they would have been denied boarding do we ?

POPPYOSCAR

Of course any checks necessary for security but passengers must be advised BEFORE they travel that they may possibly be asked to produce additional ID.

GwylimT

POPPYOSCAR wrote: »

Of course any checks necessary for security but passengers must be advised BEFORE they travel that they may possibly be asked to produce additional ID.

On non-domestic flights a driving card is not considered ID, it really is that simple. The member of staff in OPs case broke aviation regulation.

Running_On_Empty

GwylimT wrote: »

On non-domestic flights a driving card is not considered ID, it really is that simple. The member of staff in OPs case broke aviation regulation.

No, they had the OP's passport. So NOT against any rules at all.

peachyprice

tomtontom wrote: »

So it's ok to refuse boarding if someone doesn't have additional ID, when there is no obligation to carry it, purely on the basis they may have been "flagged up"?

Given that the OP was allowed to travel purely by showing their driving licence, it is reasonable to assume that this was not a check by the security services.

If it's a security flag, then yes, absolutely.

And there's the blindingly obvious fact that your passport does not carry your address. Do you think it's unreasonable to be asked for additional ID showing your address to distinguish you from a known criminal?

GwylimT

Running_On_Empty wrote: »

No, they had the OP's passport. So NOT against any rules at all.

It is as they aren't allowed to take the drivers card into consideration at all, it has equal standing to a bit of toilet roll in this situation.

Yolina

peachyprice wrote: »

And there's the blindingly obvious fact that your passport does not carry your address.

Don't British passports have the address then? I'm French and my passport has my address. I was under the impression that EU passports were standardised, but I may well be mistaken.