Don’t have a REAL ID yet? Expect delays and enhanced security screenings beginning May 7

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The deadline to get a REAL ID is fast approaching after years of postponements and delays. Starting May 7, your license or identification card will need to be REAL ID-compliant to fly domestically in the U.S.

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00:00After 9-11, the 9-11 Commission convened and one of their key recommendations was to improve

00:25identification of those using the air transportation network.

00:28So this Real ID Act was signed in 2005, we've been endeavoring to launch it since then.

00:45So when you go to that Motor Vehicle Commission, to get that Real ID driver's license you have

00:49to provide a lot more documentation that provides a higher degree of certainty that that individual

00:55identity is exactly accurate.

00:58There are other forms of Real ID such as passports, passports cards, and I refer anyone who has

01:03any questions on what is an acceptable Real ID to TSA.gov for a full list.

01:10Well, if you have a Real ID and it's compliant with the law, it'll be business as usual.

01:24If you do not, that individual should be aware that they could be subjected to additional

01:30enhanced screening at the checkpoint.

01:31So that may cause a slight delay for them.

01:34So they make that into their time and travel plans.

01:37We have tremendous flexibility to provide additional screening above and beyond what would normally

01:53be done at the checkpoint.

01:54And so we have a menu of items that we have the ability to use.

01:57I won't get into detail on all of those.

01:59But they are processes that we have used in the past and that we use today.

02:03And they will just be added on to the normal checkpoint screening process.

02:07So it will be unpredictable to the passenger.

02:12I mean, people have had plenty of time to get prepared for it.

02:22I don't object to it.

02:35That's fine.

02:36It's perfect.

02:37I've been waiting five years.

02:38I mean, I've had it for five years at least.

02:39So back when they first started talking about it and it was a good idea back then.

02:45And I don't remember the deadlines, but we got it right away.

02:48It didn't matter.

02:52I think it's good to have, I mean, it's different to have a driver's license, I think,

03:04than a personal ID because all your information is in it.

03:08So it's better, you know.

03:22You know, I question the bureaucracy around it.

03:24It feels like a tax on everyday people having to upgrade their licenses and all of their identification

03:30for something that really, you know, seems like we've been fine without it.

03:35So it's a question.

03:37And this is a good thing.

03:43What?

03:43Remember what?

03:44That was a good question.

03:46We're going to ask you, because it doesn't matter.

03:47It's a good question.

03:47I'm going to ask you could take us a shot.

03:48I'll ask you if I don't want to answer the question.

03:50I'm going to ask you if I just did?

03:52You know, what?

03:53What?

03:54The question is, I don't want to ask you guys.

03:55You know, what?

03:56I'm going to ask you right now.

03:57So as you can't get us back to this.

03:57This is the question.

03:59Maybe you can't get out of my mind.

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