Comments on: Air travel inside the UK http://alex.kavanagh.name/2008/08/air-travel-inside-the-uk/ Random thoughts, differential progress ... Wed, 11 May 2011 11:50:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: alex http://alex.kavanagh.name/2008/08/air-travel-inside-the-uk/comment-page-1/#comment-68 alex Wed, 24 Jun 2009 08:19:37 +0000 http://alex.kavanagh.name/?p=45#comment-68 Okay, substitute 'Photo ID' for 'Passport' above. Why do I need photo ID to travel inside the country? I don't need a Photo ID to catch a train or take the bus. You could argue that I need Photo ID to drive a car. I don't think you should - the old driving license never needed it. Why is security so more intense for internal flights than for trains which carry more people? I suspect the answer is 'because it is'. Okay, substitute ‘Photo ID’ for ‘Passport’ above. Why do I need photo ID to travel inside the country? I don’t need a Photo ID to catch a train or take the bus. You could argue that I need Photo ID to drive a car. I don’t think you should – the old driving license never needed it.

Why is security so more intense for internal flights than for trains which carry more people? I suspect the answer is ‘because it is’.

]]> By: Adam Armstrong http://alex.kavanagh.name/2008/08/air-travel-inside-the-uk/comment-page-1/#comment-67 Adam Armstrong Tue, 23 Jun 2009 17:23:47 +0000 http://alex.kavanagh.name/?p=45#comment-67 I regularly travel from Newcastle to Jersey and back, and have never needed a passport. You do, however, require Photo ID. I use a driving license. I regularly travel from Newcastle to Jersey and back, and have never needed a passport.

You do, however, require Photo ID. I use a driving license.

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